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Friend to You

Anhinga by Michelle Kogan:

Devil bird–
Not I, look in my
lichen-like
eyes. I’ll wait
while wings dry, for kindness to
cleanse rumors and lies.

Kindness cleanses me with this wonderful poem. We look at nature and can see ugliness or beauty. We can find danger or kindness. Michelle reminds me that rumors and lies are not real; they are on the surface. When we look deeper, we find beauty and kindness. It’s there.

snake&bird

an extension of suciogami;

In Greek mythology, Tantalus was a king known for his immense wealth and divine lineage (son of Zeus) but also for his hubris and transgressions against the gods, which resulted in his eternal torment in Tartarus. He was punished by being placed in a pool of water under a fruit tree, with the water always receding and the fruit always out of reach, forever experiencing hunger and thirst.

snake&bird

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