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Garnish: pine nuts, green onions, spices, pepper In my hand

Place all ingredients (except garnishes) into a high I carried home the last few leaves
speed blender (we use a Vitamix), and blend until of sumptuous colors
creamy smooth. Transfer to a cooking pot and warm that had fallen to the ground.
to 115 degrees, no more! A cooking thermometer
works best, but a finger will do... when it starts to Against my skin where fingers rubbed,
feel hot, it’s ready. Pour soup into bowls, and serve the leaves were smooth and cool.
immediately.
Variations of inner patterns
blazoned on their solar veins

and made a cornucopia of visual wonder.

Leaves hung like miniature trees and flames

glowing with inner light, as burning embers do
in a late night fire.

God has poured buckets
of liquid color atop the
canopies of a trillion
billion trees,

and more.

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