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Pale Betrayal

He walks in silence, within delicate air,

and holds his clouds in his fist, afraid

of letting them go.

He won’t notice as he bares thousands

of knives in his

back and walks with empty pockets.

It is grim to not find an escape, a little

room where all blades vanish

and no pockets exist.

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Written by
ewelina-nowakowska
F / Polish
Published
May 16, 2011
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9·55
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published 2001 in The Pacific Review (vol 19). A magazine of Art & Literature, by the Department of English at California State University, San Bernardino.

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