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(for mom and dad)
poetry is hidden
in your smile
the face traced
by calligraphy,
gentle lines
drawn
by an ancient hand,
eyes carefully
etched from pools of black ink.
bamboo stalks – sleeping dragons –
bob in silent homage to
the thunder of fireworks
while elsewhere, elation is
bursting in childish anticipation to
tell the heart’s story anew
the riot of color pauses only briefly,
before bursting once more in a widening arc,
a universe of multi-hued filaments
lighting up this corner of
the nighttime Shanghai sky …
copyright © by barrington salmon
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