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Poetics: How to Cut a Pomegranate

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Secret Star

The ancient apple tree freely gives up its fruit
The universe held safely within the core of its being

Covered tightly in a smooth red skin protecting the wisdom
Of the ages, the stories of past lives, tales of feast and famine

My knife pierces that skin and sweet juices trickle over my fingers
A baptism of holy sweetness, a promise of things to come

And there, in the center where new life is held, I see the secret star