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Splintered

October 19, 2010
By nothing BRONZE, Mequon, Wisconsin
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Sinking feather, that drowns in air
Loss, too broken to try;
Violent vision, dousing the flair
Drinks the sand dry;
Dead leaf, in veins of blood,
Lost water, in air of flood,
Crimson sky and burning mud, –
Shatter the fading shadow’s cry.

© Anton J., Philadelphia, PA

The author's comments:
this is a strict immitation of percy shelly's "a dirge."
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