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While You Slept

Mariposa lilies floated cool white on the incandescent embers of their core. You shivered, pale as a silver fever. 103 degrees. For days you hallucinated Mercury. Out here in sunshine, the world has been spinning us dizzy. Wake up and join the dance.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2006




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