White and White and Blue and Blue
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Some otherwhere the snow is lingering on
The ground between the bark of oaks or pines,
Perhaps beneath a peak awaiting dawn.
Mount Kilimanjaro looms above mines
Where gems of tanzanite desire midnight
To be removed, revealing gorgeous blue
More beautiful than Africa’s snowed height
That overlooks the Zanzibar tattoo
That stretches on the ocean’s body, blues
And whites around its shores. White clouds beyond
The mountain would obscure my blue-eyed views
Of grandeur in the sky and coastal fronds
That hover over perfect beaches flared
Along the sea where blue and white are paired.