Conifer — Needle Cluster Study (Specimen No. 004) earrings The villagers say a girl

The villagers say a girl once lived beneath that pond — not drowned

and whathaveyous close at hand

a weight in the air

It’s a moment suspended in time

beneath the weight of the world

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