Some of the best poems you'll read - Perigee
Some of the best poems you'll read - Perigee
Some of the best poems you'll read - Perigee
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"Fuji and Blossom"<br />
by Margaret Babbott<br />
As if I were bent north<br />
when I am sou<strong>the</strong>ast.<br />
As if I were copper<br />
when I am pumice.<br />
Tell me what I am,<br />
and I will tell you what I am not.<br />
I am nei<strong>the</strong>r sequoia, nor birch;<br />
red tailed hawk nor finch;<br />
abalone nor moon.<br />
Not genius, not sterile, not puerile.<br />
Nor migraine, nor stallion, nor splash.<br />
Not a curled Polaroid <strong>of</strong> a tomboy in a crabapple<br />
tree, body smack center, back leaning<br />
against <strong>the</strong> arch <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> trunk,<br />
bare feet outstretched like talons,<br />
cocky. One hand covering<br />
her face with a five cent oriental fan,<br />
Fuji and blossom.<br />
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