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SOMEONE

DOMESTICATED FIRE

Kathryn Robenhymer

Wary it would wane away
wanting and more likely
needing the light to stay
lit to warm, eat, pray, see
Of boredom, desperation,
or selflessness, hindered
to preserve the flame
thought to keep it fed
Craved to watch the day sky
arrive and linger long so
he wouldn’t have to wait and lie
leaving what he tends unseen

You’re a sun curser and unlike him
prefer the night, cold and dim

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