(a re-post from 2012)
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And after the blaze, what?
Would they,
like snow on fire
end in vapor
against the starry night?
She stands below his mountaintop
frozen to her ache
and lights a match.
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(c) 1995, 2014 Betty Hayes Albright
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(a re-post from 2012)
.
And after the blaze, what?
Would they,
like snow on fire
end in vapor
against the starry night?
She stands below his mountaintop
frozen to her ache
and lights a match.
.
(c) 1995, 2014 Betty Hayes Albright
.