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Daughter nuclei
        departed from the radial pattern
                    that is the child of the spirit


      to shudder at the thought of some wheat
                a hint of yellowy-white fur
              night-blooming along the inner face of a molded cap rail


                       black rimmed scarlet dots to the bottom step
                         long silky coats the color of dry grass
                                              which grow in glorious alcohol