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Strategy

make a scarecrow, name
it after a woman that is
not yet your mother.

when harvest is done,
return with a basket of food
to the blind scarecrow.

for it kept the birds
from eating the grain and the man.
it deserves worship.

in a subtle way,
you cuddle your fears to think as
faith —blanket of fault.

Younglan Talyoung