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Bamboo Shoots*

(Well actually, we were listening to Dorian Corey going to town on it; RIP)    
   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3CXj9_Z_mk    
   
There had to be some sunshine to alleviate    
Some kind of pain; trying to find the balance    
In this life; how to invite without    
Full disclosure or surrender without dying    
And we just weren’t prepared to    
Sustain    
Let alone bounce back from    
Something like that; that    
Particular kind of loss    
Growing    
Underneath    
My fingernails: bamboo shoots    
Sheltering the meat-    
Heart of the matter    
Inside….    
But if we think about all the times    
Contrary has ever been a silent partner    
In a relationship…    
Erupting from the soil;    
Farming    
Recalcitrant over    
Years of    
Implantation    
Touching face with the    
Surface    
Normally severed from the    
Root with a    
Spade or like minded    
Attachment and    
It wasn’t always hesitant    
Being silenced by someone else    
It was refractory    
Silencing itself
and well…    
Self-restraint can sometimes be    
A virtue or even worse: a distinct flavor    
Cured to a nearly acquired    
Neutral flavor; as a long distance    
Correspondent
.    
{Right next to you}    
Written by Nari (Laura Jean)
Published | Edited 31st Dec 2018
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