While hiking in the wildI picked it up on the trailHard like a diamondSleek like a mirrorTender like a cherry budSoft like rubber mudCool like glacier waterHot like larvaThat I tried to manipulate into a wordHoping to wedge into the little crackOn the ladder standing highAgainst the Babel Tower
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