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Sep 2014
There is a flame in the corner of the greenhouse;
It rises up, alone, the child of a lighter and gasoline,
Surrounded at its base by envy – green leaves.
No wonder it is the only of its kind
No wonder it is nearly isolated –
Too much of this fierce sunset
Would set the place ablaze,
Leaving only embers
And the faint hiss
Of an ebbing
wildfire.
I had to write a poem about a flower today in class. This is the result.
Gossamer
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Gossamer
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