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Sep 2019
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In The Mornings She Taught Me French

Atticus & Podcast Nation
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In the mornings

she taught me French

and after breakfast she would paint

and I would write

and as the spring rain fell on the skylight

and the tea steamed from its mugs

my heart hummed

to the music

of the dream

we’d found.

 

xx Atticus

@atticuspoetry

www.atticuspoetry.com

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