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To Close To This Flame

The rice paper-moth Still drawn in, By this orange flame The dance become the trance Your wings Are not made of wax, but Made of rice paper Remember, Icarus and Daedalus Do not fly too close to the sun

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009




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Date: 9/17/2009 11:17:00 PM
You have a way of writing about insects...
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Date: 9/16/2009 4:43:00 AM
Breathtaking. Thank you for sharing Gregory.Love, Carol
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Date: 9/15/2009 4:52:00 PM
nicely done, good writing
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Date: 9/15/2009 4:29:00 PM
Nicely done. I can see the scene. Keep writing. Sara
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