Letters to the Universe

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Letters to the Universe
Letters to the Universe
Springtime

Springtime

A musing from May 2024

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Tanya Zani
Jun 05, 2024
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Letters to the Universe
Letters to the Universe
Springtime
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The legs of a ripening deer
grow in my stomach,
when my gaze is pulled 
through the slow melting glass
of my work window.

All the sounds of life rattle 
the bottoms of my feet,
and I can never truly shake
the feeling I’m not supposed
to breathe indoors. 

Do the walls protect,
or do they sever?
is a question I continually ask
when spring’s warmth 
begi…

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