She places the ring over
the wedding invitation,
tears a page
from a match book,
and spreads the light around.
The skin on the defrocked finger
remains a pale reminder.
She kneads it above the smoke
rising from the ashes
until the paleness is smothered black,
until the hounds of memories
gallop through
the fiery ring.
the wedding invitation,
tears a page
from a match book,
and spreads the light around.
The skin on the defrocked finger
remains a pale reminder.
She kneads it above the smoke
rising from the ashes
until the paleness is smothered black,
until the hounds of memories
gallop through
the fiery ring.
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