cure white
by Francine DuBois

your eyes sparkled
as the doves first flew,
their alabaster feathers
glimmering in the sun.

there is no cure for
your blues like this white,
the fluttering of wings,
the sweetness of their coos,
and the pureness of the doves.

Francine's Version -- Hezekiah's Version
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