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Be Careful What You Wish For

Stealing fire from the gods
Prometheus would yearn
And pass it off to humankind
whose banishment interred

Their feet into the glowing coals 
but faith out from the dark
Enlightenment a powder keg
—uncareful wishing sparks

(The New Room: September, 2023)

Copyright © Kurt Philip Behm

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