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Candlelight In Black

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The ghosts are marmalade         thin as rinds across toast         or the Weeping Willow, whose         green beard leans,         crane-like, into a child's         backyard.         A Morning Cloak butterfly,         maroon wet with the paint         of morning, cat paws         thin filament leaves         astride a larder         of memories.         Dalliance with the past,         smoke grey these architects         of memory         the privet hedge,         lone pine tree,         jet black caterpillar         poised about a green         carrot top trigger         laced in emperor's gold         like fathoms of the sea         held ... in quiet repose.

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