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Sea Rose

Rose, harsh rose,
   marred and with stint of petals,
   meagre flower, thin,
   sparse of leaf,

   more precious
   than a wet rose
   single on a stem —
   you are caught in the drift.

   Stunted, with small leaf,
 you are flung on the sand,
 you are lifted
 in the crisp sand
 that drives in the wind.

 Can the spice-rose
 drip such acrid fragrance
 hardened in a leaf?

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