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In Bloom
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—22 In Bloom You gave me an iris, surprising modesty unfurling its purple and yellow tongues to taste the air and call it good, call on the opening eyes to draw out the alternating falls and standards, sing to the fingers that want to trace those colors’ outlines in that same air we’re breathing in, we’re breathing out, exchanging molecules and shared minutes (taking in what the flower discards, while it takes in the same of us), irises widening to take hold of all this reflected light, particles, waves filling the room like perfume, scattering what the surfaces give away: the pigmented muscular curtains part, make room for all that bountiful, our open hands flowering between us. shepherd text-2.indd 22 11/22/10 2:07 PM ...