ivory flakes

elephant tusks
harvested for ivory towers
truncate the wisdom of time

blizzards hail snow flakes
weather a storm or two
before they melt into memories

Babylon refutes Jericho
an eye for an eye
that money can’t buy

Rosetta’s stone 
gives a clue to incomprehension
and sometimes the monolith
takes on new meaning
when frosty crystals meet
eternity in shining armour

Midas touches mammon and greed
blistering peeling forms scabs 
on lost conscience and souls

the snow flake melts
because it knows about destiny
eventually ivory decomposes
once humanity has died



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Date: 2/4/2025 8:54:00 AM
Congratulations on your win. I enjoyed reading your creative "ivory flakes" write. Have a blessed day with your win as you write away.................
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