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Ryan Jessup

A Revelation in Spring

be water my friend
             – Bruce Lee

yesterday evening I tried with all my strength to open a rusted mason jar full of peaches but eventually gave it up and decided to run some hot water over it and left it out on the counter while I gave Harrison and Caroline a bath

later in the night after everyone was asleep I came back to the kitchen and had some bourbon and picked up the jar and gave it one more turn and it opened easier than turning a door knob and entering the room of a new world

after rain
a frog spread wide
on the sliding door 

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About the Author

Ryan Jessup is a husband, father, poet, and downhill skateboarder. He lives with his family in the foothills of North Carolina.