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Poem by Judith Hedges

The chrysalis

Poem by Judith Hedges

by Judith Hedges 25th February 2022

One hot afternoon in France,
exhausted and longing for shade,
I perched upon a wayside pile of logs,
gingerly…
for fear of snakes…