fortune cookie

Helen Lehndorf

bees look small but they are bigger than people

these words are living and will keep growing even after you turn the page 

never ever look down

always call a spade a ticker-tape-parade

at some point the history of the future           will make sense

lips sealed together with wax will prevent spillage

the best poems are written in honey  on tree trunks and washed away by rain

there are greater     more urgent tasks        than being clever

climb a ladder             suck on a seed             run a 42 km egg-and-spoon race

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