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burst asunder

Meredith Tyler (writer), Michelle Pham (graphics)

<p>sun-sweet green flesh rimming a pink rockpool rosy anemones swirl in glistening sea gardens a coral paradise afloat with life: Juno’s summer lagoon splashing kids lick pink syrup fingers – the fig tree watches silently. guardian of green worlds on heaped branches high; dusk rustles quiet leaves. </p>

Creative

sun-sweet green flesh
rimming a pink rockpool
rosy anemones swirl
in glistening sea gardens
a coral paradise
afloat with life:
Juno’s summer lagoon
splashing kids lick
pink syrup fingers –