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Chiaroscuro

The darkness whispers To me tonight Of a tickling In my ear So light Softly, Softly It goes Chillingly Up my spine And down again Darkness, be mine! The light Is creeping, Crawling, sprawling Away from shadow’s grip So boldly it waxes the floor with gold Polishing the banisters with pure filigree, Polishing them with purest golden filigree It makes the dawn more welcome here Expanding thru empty hall Revealing in stride Most horribly The end
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Written by
jordon-jones
New Zealander
Published
Sep 23, 2011
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26·76
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This is an old one I wrote when I was about 14 or 15 or so. I was exploring the use of shape and contrast at the time, instead of solely focusing on words.

PLEASE don't just read this one! There are so many better ones (more recent) to check out. See those arrows to the right? Yeah, click 'em. You know you want to.

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