“There are moments
when everything shifts,
when the world becomes
eerily like the kaleidoscope toy
given to children,
where with the turn of a cheap
plastic knob everything changes,
becomes different.”
— Simone St. James
forever in flux
life’s ever-changing patterns
converting old ways
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Shifting movements of egrets create a kaleidoscope of transformed reflections • Photo by Jan Logozzo • “Kaleidoscope” haiku by Mary O’Connor
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