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Avery Estate
January 3, 2013
An antique chandelier
crashes down
on polite smiles.
Crystal shards
etch patterns
on dainty hands.
Priceless gowns
stained
with elemental blood.
Unheard sobs
echo off locked doors,
long marble walkways.
Jeweled hands
reach for whiskey
stashed under canopied beds.
Pressure for perfection
is slowly shattered
by a nervous handfull of pills.
Sometimes heaven
insists
on falling.
© JiaQi B., Paradise Valley, AZ
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