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Swan Dive by Maia von Maltzahn
Maia von Maltzahn
It’s the kind of hot
afternoon in August
where the sun cracks
your mouth open
so you can take
a big gulp of
life
Chin tucked
wind-up lanky-limbs
bare browned
shoulders hum
in the heat
running warm
wooden dock
beneath your feet, step
one, two, and
Leap…
gravity
greets
you
like a pinky-promise
in the lake
water answers
with a laughing splash
you elegant creature
here, you belong.
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