I put my ear to the ground
to listen to the heartbeat
of the earth.
And the earth
whispered in my ear.
The language was one
I had never heard before.
It sounded like the beating of
. the wings of
. a hundred butterflies.
It sounded like the purring
. in the bellies of
. a thousand tigers.
It sounded like the sighs
. in the hearts
. of a million poets.
It sounded like the wailing
. of an orphaned child
. to the dead night.
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