Geode

a metaphor, yes

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Dull gray rock
dirt-specked
disappointing

but

Crack it open:
great thunderclouds
issue living lightning
across wet skies

speckled fawns flash
through city streets
across city green

dynamos spray light
heat poetry
grounded love
cinnamon sweet
deep as Spanish mole

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