Issue Three
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SHADES OF BLUE<br />
by<br />
ANNIE NEUGEBAUER<br />
You’ve always thought of forests as green,<br />
but all around you tonight<br />
seems blue.<br />
The darkened trunks of trees<br />
loom navy; the opalescent moon<br />
gleams bright through the sapphire leaves,<br />
makes your skin glow<br />
cerulean.<br />
The weight of your pack on your back<br />
is eager for its destination.<br />
You push aside cold, bony branches<br />
and shuffle through wet, whispering leaves<br />
fallen in clumps on the earth.<br />
Finally, the clearing appears before you,<br />
almost unnaturally round,<br />
wide and empty but for the ancient,<br />
magnificent tree.<br />
Inhaling magic, you step into the circle,<br />
feel tall teal grass brush your calves.<br />
Hearing ropes groan –<br />
ropes only creak
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