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      Under a cherry tree<br />
      I found a robin's egg,<br />
      broken, but not shattered.<br />
      <br />
      I had been thinking of you,<br />
      and was kneeling in the grass<br />
      among fallen blossoms<br />
      <br />
      when I saw it: a blue scrap,<br />
      a delicate toy, as light<br />
      as confetti.<br />
      <br />
      It didn't seem real,<br />
      but nature will do such things<br />
      from time to time.<br />
      <br />
      I looked inside:<br />
      it was glistening, hollow,<br />
      a perfect shell<br />
      <br />
      except for the missing crown,<br />
      which made it possible<br />
      to look inside.<br />
      <br />
      What had been there<br />
      is gone now<br />
      and lives in my heart<br />
      <br />
      where, periodically,<br />
      it opens up its wings,<br />
      tearing me apart.
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