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PYTHAGOREAN
FLOWCHART
by Sam Smith
fingerprint whorls match the spiral
of snail shells and ammonites
gravitational circumstance
flow and turn
inside and out
calcium and slime
we are kin
↑ ↓
tree roots' subterranean branching
↑ ↓
mimics epidermal capillaries
sap and plasma
bark and callus
we are kin
↓ ↑
vegetable absorption
of mammal exhalations
↑ ↓
breathe in exuded oxygen
↓ ↑
we are of one skin
↑ ↓
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