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Girl on Fire
March 25, 2014
Twirling in flames
Red, yellow, orange
Flames eat her up
Envelope the lacy folds
Toast the tulle
Scorch the Silk
Char the cotton
Flames eat her up
Ball-gown Blaze extinguished
Nothing left, now
Only ashes
No more spinning time for sprinkling
charcoal cinders
Only dancing in the wind, now
Slowly drifting particles
Sift, caché, and catch
On leaves branches and thorns
Freshly pricked dust
All that’s left.
© Youmi C., Tamuning, GU
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