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Rated: 13+ · Poetry · Contest Entry · #1995101
where stories live
on the shadow’s edge
where cosmopolitan culture
meet the depths of suffering,
where story waits until
the polishing edge
mutilates
paring down non-essential elements
into a new whole.

shine too close
and the magic disappears
shadow
holding the echo of truth.

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