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seventeen syllables
jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec
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beauty presupposed
desire like an infection
still uncompromised
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enter at the cue
valediction's simple lure
poses as regret
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02
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squares intersect squares
colliding and colluding
bound at each corner
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erase this disgrace
solidify other lines
shallow bearings drift
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03
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in frozen context
the players repeat their roles
audience enforced
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principle removed
dangerous beacon launches
into endless rift
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04
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each moment becomes
parallel lines receding
distance conquers time
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benefit regained
by anguish unrelenting
castigated home
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05
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skimming the surface
hearing voices through the wall
suspicions unvoiced
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corporeal state
reflecting most enlightened
under swaying bough
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06
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amber reflections
freeze the light in this moment
hold it still for now
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magnify the loss
redeem the word unspoken
amplify the voice
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07
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captive measures lead
simple fury's fatal grasp
tethering like snow
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ceremonial
decorum now triumphant
over crude delight
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08
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potency's remorse
shatters windows over time
broken, under glass
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distant oceans rise
keepers of beauty and grace
float like lilac
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09
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crescent moon reflects
the light of a dying sun
into newborn eyes
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obsolete demands
silencing the discontent
through broken vision
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10
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catapult starlight
seething burnished bridges bent
without recompense
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crushing apathy
pinning limbs like gravity
unyielding, unseen
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11
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purple canvas stretched
over ergot-stained machines
capillaries burst
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stable compromise
threatening with circumstance
retreats without grace
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12
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object of contempt
twisted sheer blue unceasing
ripples into flesh
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unpalatable
irritant uninvited
uncomplicated
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sanitation pose
requited prospects pending
fashionably smashed
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travesties unmourned
linger close like sunken ships
slumbering through time
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vilify the crown
bleakest terror captures lost
visions further down
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fingers burn vicious
chosen to belay the crown
paper banners fall
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