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as I approached you I heard the delicate 'pop' of a crabapple underfoot
hissing aroma to mark our collective rippling

your willingness so fragile
to surrender fractured composure

your willingness to become charged
tickling static

your willingness so delightful
to absorb subtle mystery

as you blossom and pickle me
dripping with hide and seek
I savor your timely residue

In place of hearth a void
a target for shimmering