Aleda Shirley Poems

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April 15th

Taxes due, the anniversary of Henry James's death,
& a brilliant sky rinsed of pollen & glare by yesterday's
record rain. From the magnolia in my front yard
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2.
Alchemies

Maybe it wasn't greed that destroyed
Midas but simply a failure to account for how
irrevocable are the consequences of desire.
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