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#36 (The petals lay here.)

December 22, 2009
By Mortal SILVER, Trumbull, Connecticut
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The petals lay here,
scattered, fallen.
Reminders of our earthly coffin.

Waiting so expectantly.

Pulled all at once by nervous fingers,
The dread within the petals lingers.

Pondering their coming death.

© Carlos C., Glendale, AZ

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