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Maple

Oh maple
maple maple
your leaves
bottled
up with
joy
ready to
burst off and
float
riding the winds
grass
tickling your
crinkled
belly

Ciro Podany, Age 11
Greenwood School
Mill Valley, California
Teacher: Devika Brandt

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