A flight of uncarpeted stairs
is a lack of decision
is waiting
is interim
is a prairie burn
is a yard un-mowed
is a field of poppies
it leads to both death
and growth
to scattering ashes
and scattering seeds
a flight of uncarpeted stairs
is a second date
is the first of 1,000 cranes
is a plane ride
is going nowhere
is going everywhere
the silk scarf became wrapped
around the banister
hibernated there
to expand time
and when the flowers
grew up out of the cracks
in steps
and the ice melted
where carpet had once been
the scarf took flight
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