In the crystal morning
as if from hibernation
I get up, revived
during today’s reincarnation

REBIRTH

The healthy clam I once sheltered—
said the vacant shell—
lonely I now feel and
in salinity I shall dissolve
to dust I shall turn
and as a vesper I shall return
slowly digested
breath by breath
particle upon particle
wave against wave
I shall endure with
hope over new hope
that home of mighty abalone
one day I shall become

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