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Saturday, 7 January 2017
THE LAST FIRE
THE LAST FIRE
You gathered sticks
To bathe the night with fire,
You, in your element
Smiling watery eyes;
Happy sighs – as you bent.
The next day your soul gathered
Over your cold body
To be buried under sticks and clay….
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