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Dec 25
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Icestorm

Generation Broken Mirror

how do we cope with       seven years of bad luck,
sweating summer away, treating youth
like bittersweet apricot, unripe/or rotting,
when winter brings
our future’s eroded footprints
as clearly as if they were stamped      in fresh fallen snow?
    we are not ourselves: ruining things we love
    by becoming them.
making competitions of unblooming.     I love me,
    I love me not. love me,
love the parallel of armor & amour.
petals pirouetting/
metallic lace lining pistil/, pistol.
there is pollen under my/your eyes
& i/you are (am) allergic.
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Posted: 12.25.20
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  1. Icestorm
    Dec 25, 2020

    Sorry about the writing dump...it's my birthday tomorrow so I was looking back on my pieces from this year. :)

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  1. Yellow Sweater
    Dec 25, 2020

    Happy Birthday!

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