Free For All

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the enduring daily magic

and mystical extravaganza

of sunrise and sunset,

the beautifully discordant

harmonies of birdsong at dawn,

the herbaceous ripe tang

of freshly cut grasses 

with the soporific aromas 

of warm rain on soil,

the ambivalence and industry

of ants and honeybees and

the precision of the artwork

spun into a spider’s web,

although I am life’s pauper 

I share all this and not 

one penny spent

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© Graham R Sherwood 05/26