in the garden

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"in the garden"

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"in the garden"

cloven hooves and clover leaves

the devil's in the daisies

and satan sings of hated things

(an orchid to amaze me)

of all the mirrors, the one most feared

is the one that true portrays me


[first published in Saskatchewan Writers' Guild, WindScript, Volume 10, #2. Awarded the Currie-Hyland Prize for excellence in poetry.]

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