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Siren of the Night
March 27, 2014
Star,
siren of the night,
you seduce me
with your
flamboyant
incandescence.
Like a moth
to a lamp,
you lure me
to your
lofty
perch.
I scale a
mountain to
reach you,
and you spurn my
hungry
hand?
Why reach for the stars
only to get burned?
© Allison H., Vancouver, WA
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