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Autumn Leaves

volume 4 number 6

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Cutting Lines

by Susan Humphreys

Crimson rose petals
Melt in hot amber sand
Bleeding

Parallel lines form
Mysterious patterns
I study them with
Intensity

I find them
Hauntingly comfortable
Engaging,
Audible

These lines do not converge,
Nor intersect
Each line is a book
That tells a horrible, yet familiar
Story

Once upon a time…
Fairy tales grow up
From gorgeous, bright red roses,
Into bare, sharp, tearing
Thorns

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