Thomas S.

Abode

Home is not home

It’s a field and

A white shelled turtle with black spots

Buried in the wet grass waiting

For determination's galloping feet

To collide and

Send the white shelled turtle swirling forward

Towards a glistening goal

To achieve its full glory





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