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Hello, sun in my face. Hello, you who made the morning and spread it over the fields.

— Mary Oliver

Painterly tall green grass blade holding dew drops against a lavender and gold dawn.
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The repeated greeting makes morning feel like someone the speaker can address. Sunlight is first felt on the face, then imagined spreading across the fields. That movement connects a small personal sensation with a larger act of making, while keeping the language familiar and welcoming.

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