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clouds in migration
—a drifting pod like whales
hunting along island stretches
airplane lifting over the trees
beyond power lines
knifing into ozone layer
a visible sometime star
entering the polar night
winking itself out of existence
jaded purple rocket flare
funneling through
stratospheric gateways
fading with the starlet
from the day I started
to observe this canvas
there has never been a more
altered sunset
than the bright segment
of this afterglow
now before me
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