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its stem and bulb

are heavy in weight,

but its desire is weightless

toward any type of light

and any fraction of it;

a lamp told me

it was happy to be a surrogate sun

for seven violet Tu's

:::

7 violet royals

face 7 ways different.

do they face what?

---cannot say distant.

do they face why?

---immortals say

i must not spy.

:::

if you say it in tender breath,

or whisper it in your head,

I am in heaven on earth,

all-of-the-sudden...it appears;

you are living what you believed

could only be reached in prayer.