3rd in Oxymoron Contest (Sponsor: Nette Onclaud)
Judged: September 16th, 2025
for braver hearts that dreamt of me accept my dearest sympathy taken in a silent rapture and not wont to admit capture by my mouth would raise a scandal but flamed jowls betray my candle each face, yours alone in a crowd, and yet your kiss shall make me proud
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