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    You Think I'm Serious, but I'm Joking
    You Think I'm Serious, but I'm Joking
    You Think I'm Serious, but I'm Joking
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    You Think I'm Serious, but I'm Joking

    By Georgia Tell

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    pruning is supposed to encourage growth

    the gardener lops off a flower
    he cuts off another and another
    until the plant is bare
    then he puts down his snippers
    and walks inside into the house

    "you think I'm serious, but I'm joking" is a collection of poetry that details the process of becoming bent, from three angles: public, private, and somewhere very different. Everything is not as you see it, but sometimes a rainbow is refracted after rain.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGeorgia Tell
    Release dateJun 19, 2018
    ISBN9780999578858
    You Think I'm Serious, but I'm Joking
    Author

    Georgia Tell

    Georgia Tell lives in Los Angeles in a house full of animals: cats, dogs, lizards, rats and fish. When she’s not writing books, she loves to knit, crochet, and create many elaborate financial spreadsheets. She also writes poetry.

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