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Decomposers

Oleander Bellanger

When I cease to exist

I want to feel comfort

that the worms will feast upon me

and mushrooms will thrive from my body.

I’ll return to the earth

when soil consumes me whole.

Then I won’t be nothing

I’ll be part of something.

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