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She Dances In The Sliver Of the Light

May 26, 2016
By Luckystar78 ELITE, London, Other
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Luckystar78 ELITE, London, Other
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"..though warm as summer it was fresh as spring." (Thomas Hardy) ("Far from the Madding crowd")

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A white, feathery mane descends beautifully onto the pure, stark carpet
A cape of fame, of reign,
In anticipation of the thin, dancing legs that catapult to life,
Pulled on their tippy-toes like the flesh of a puppet master’s;
A graceful gazelle, an elf, a flower.

© Amelia B., Philadelphia, PA

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