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Petrichor I

Petrichor I

a poem about great-grandmothers

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Jul 06, 2023
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Petrichor I
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I am from the fig tree & the grapevine—
the place where bisabuela sighed
in reflections of water glazed on fig leaves 
after summer rain.

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