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When I Burned MAG
March 1, 2013
Fire ate my bones today,
and sucked the marrow clean.
Pupil swallowed iris
till color thinned like April ice.
So let blue swarm cerebrum
and yellow sizzle knees
till all I'm left
are eyes and arteries.
© Raul R., Monte Vista, CO
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TheSkyOwesMeRain GOLD said...
on Mar. 17 2013 at 12:00 pm
Wow, I love the description in this poem! The last line was especially lovely and chilling.
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