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Rated: E · Book · Entertainment · #2268464
Entries to Express It In Eight from September 2020 to the present .
#1051915 added June 30, 2023 at 2:13pm
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Gateway
An iron ring guards the way to the portal.


Gateway

A trap set most plain
in the path from the abyss,
the iron ring invites
unwary travellers on
with a glimpse of the shining portal
beyond.

Yet who will dare the sudden grip
of those jagged metal jaws?



Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 06.30.23
Prompt: As per illustration.


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