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Rated: 18+ · Book · Contest Entry · #1912256
a descent into poetry insanity
#1047929 added April 10, 2023 at 12:20am
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the weight of ashes
as light
as angel's wings,
as pollen floating away
to birth new flowers,
as her empty arms,
as six pounds five ounces reduced
to less than a handful of ash
and placed on the mantle,
where it looms,
heavy as the world.

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