Wood Painting: Jeff Soto
I wanted
To be extraordinary,
Instead a palindrome.
Viewed from above or below
An implacable diamond
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Eidolic,
Insurmountable
I extricate
My hands
From
A sparkling cuirass
Butterflies and larvae
Carbonized
As if
The flame within
Were too blue
To cradle whimsy
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My fingernails
Obsidian moons
Lamenting departure
The chrysalis
Of youth unpinned
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