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seventeen syllables
jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec
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light shatters darkness
simple drifting lines of smoke
easily dispersed
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revelation flux
all energies conflicted
impulse unsuppressed
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02
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silence stirs inside
distant fractured imagings
captured under glass
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resurface here
hold improbable delights
under fear of death
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03
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in unquiet thought
shallow ripples move along
teasing virtue's grasp
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guilt disregarded
pulling blood between the teeth
without consequence
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04
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slow, monumental
with angular precision
decades rise and fall
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shadows stretch and linger
settling dark across the land
sunlight's edge divides
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05
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settlement promise
unlikely attention bursts
taking furtive hold
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rumpled common things
by romance, grace unhindered
telling tiny truths
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06
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delicious belongs
unordered broken polished
spanning endless time
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crossing every line
burning amber resonates
victors lose in time
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07
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purple sky obscures
a penumbral ragged edge
evening drops her cloak
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blood evaporates
willing silence underway
blindness follows sight
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08
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graceful absence lost
the moment carefully seized
time ebbs in heartbeats
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impressionable
unlikely to be provoked
unremarkable
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09
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truth repeats its call
in labored discretion's view
empty missives crushed
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sleepwalk victims hold
vivid active reveries
with the weight of truth
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10
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credenza magic
earthbound without regression
flights undertaken
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rival denials
panic reflex overwhelmed
trigger this collapse
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11
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children circle close
embracing infinity
counting to zero
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righteous fervent minds
scatter meaningless notions
like crumbs on water
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12
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no solace sought here
no innocence to be lost
no crime, no reward
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rigidity's loss
mourns the hope of every dawn
in tearless silence
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patience seldom gained
alike unseemly burdens
not without remorse
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clarify the lie
entertaining the prospect
denying the proof
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last one out the door
in sunrise fertile promise
wakes to stay asleep
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disillusionment
unintended consequence
collecting its due
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absent knowing trust
cautious welcome overstayed
consolation lost
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take a simple breath
crestfallen ways receding
dissolving like mist
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perfect blanket rows
impose order on the grass
life unimpeded
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