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Issue 30X: Dec. 2025
Cherita: 17; 28; and
  22 words
By Daryl Scroggins

Three Cherita

 
older now 

than you were 
dead father 

but still you have 
an opinion 
about everything I do 

 

:::

 

to grow is not to settle 
a painful past     it’s more 

like a sapling weaving up 
through chain link fencing 
engulfing the wire 

to become its own post

 

:::

 

my only prayer 
if I’m worthy 

a mote tossed 
in the universe 
seeking a moment’s glide 

add me to what love is 

 

Bio: Daryl Scroggins

 
 
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