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he greets us
he comes out
as we e’ryday
this is the shed
he greets us with a gaze
our bucket of fruit

bottles, tubing
a lab with glasside
the kitchen door
hetchen door

he tends to
garden with our bucket
measuring
equipment and tubs
ment and tubs
of chemical lass
het of fruit

he tends to m
he tends to make
hundreds of chemicals
it is louring equipment
everyday
oh our bucket of fruit

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bubbl-ng by zt
vzr-zblz -f spzzds
pzlz bubbl-ng br-wns
w-th vzr-zblz pzrt-clzs

d-rt p-wdzrs wh-tz
grzy nzwb-rn
wh-tz d-rt zll
t-ghtly szzlzd
w-th-n wh-tz -r
c-ntz-nzrs t-ghtly fr-m
gl-stzn-ng w-th-n nz-ls
hzngs c-ntz-nzrs zll
gl-stzn-ng w-rz
hzngs tub-ng

st-ll nzzd dr-bbl-ng
wztzr -f zs
th-ugh st-ll -t
hzs wztzr just
t-dzy th-ugh bzzn
hzs
t-dzy

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cr!ms( )n ju!ce h^t
resembles
cr!ms( )n ju!ce ^le

( )ne w^d w^s t^ken
^s
v^ts ( )f l!qu!d bl!ng

!n f^ct
!t !s
bubbles
e^t!ng th!ngs

e^t!ng
^lc( )h( )l

but !t c( )uld be
ferment!ng
^ cl( )ud l!fe

h( )w m^ny h( )l!cs
w( )uld le ^lc( )h( )l
turn fr( )m w!th!n selves

t( ) gener^te h( )l!cs
w( )uld l

the w!re
dr!bbl!ng w^ste
th( )ugh !t h^s
t( ) st!ll dr!bb

th( )ugh !t
has the b( )dy
resembling
s^nd