a needle pierces apple seeds,
threads a segmented body
on red string; highlights
painted on vellum
faux iridescent wings,
mocks the nymph that climbs
colored sand and spreads wet
wings over a beached nautilus,
waits for the transformation
that gives her the strength to fly.
Geometric eyes search the periphery
of this second birth to land
filled with strange quarks
as spermatozoid waves
below the concentric shudder
of meniscus tapped by a Meadowhawk
tying a never ending knot.
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Challenge poem:
with these components write a mandala poem
apple seeds
colored sand
quarks
string
never ending knot
and as well,
adding in to the poem
all of the following words:
concentric
transformation
spermatozoid
geometric
nautilus
periphery
highlights
