I pledge alliance
(after Carrie Newcomer)
I pledge alliance
to the willows’ curve
cricket song
owls in conversation
I pledge alliance
to kind words,
thoughtful discourse
let birds bicker
at the feeder
we can do better
I pledge to see
the whole you,
step around your wounds
to listen,
especially when I differ
I pledge alliance
to my strongest fealty,
the one truth
that holds us all
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