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My verse can’t

breathe

without you.

the shiny U, though, the

tuning fork U
 
 
it isn’t a fish for heaven’s sake!

(though sometimes it does )

it doesn’t respire,

(though sometimes it’s fly)

it isn’t Star Wars,

(though sometimes it’s jedi)

or stately building Cary Grant & Tom Hanks scaled

–it’s not an empire!

(though sometimes it strikes back)

and it isn’t warm milk.

(though sometimes it’s soothing)

it doesn’t expire.

(though sometimes it’s sour)

derived purely

from

breath…

shiny tuning forks feed

its melody

–or lack thereof—

inspire—

(duh)