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Salamander
While clearing out the winter’s debris.
to prepare next season's garden;
the fertile earth beneath disclosed
a salamander,
whose work it was
to dream tomorrow into being.
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With well intentioned care,
I lifted up its infant shape,
to transport it to another place;
a safer sanctuary.
My hands poured warmth
into its form, which lofted down
headlong,
into Nature’s rubble.
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The capricious creature,
ingraciously refused
my unwelcomed protection.
Instead it scampered off
in some erratic new direction,
to choose entirely on its own,
new places for its dreaming.
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