written dreams

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i’ve attempted to procure words
in different ways:

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foraged in forest nooks,
fished along banks — even
hunted — never with a weapon, but
i’ve set traps.

gathered letters for potions,
chanted spells, incantations,
dressed my harvest in the finest herbs
before curing them.

but words i’ve plucked from dreams,
words that dance on pages,
transmute my heart,
a vessel.