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"... brevity is the soul of wit ..."
- William Shakespeare

Jean L. Kreiling


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Our Leader

(butterfly cinquain)

"Back yard!"
he called, leading
us to an age-gnarled tree
beneath which withered crabapples
littered
the ground—and from whose limbs hung strings
dangling ice-cream sodas.
He was that kind
of dad.