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a naked star pinned to the tunic of night

an acid tear etching your face

a lilac wafer

a moon split open revealing the seeds and pulp

an eyelash a nightingale’s wing

a taste of frost

a button made of candy

a heart full of smoke



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Please note that I never have used and never will use AI to compose or revise any of my writings.

A random comment on poetry in general:  What a poem means is not what it says, but how it says it.

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