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A Cruel Trick of Light

September 1, 2025
By Llib GOLD, New York, New York
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Like a rainbow through the prism,

A cruel trick of light latched onto by the mind

Can be twisted any which way:

A single, straight beam refracted

Into a thousand visages on shattered glass.


Like an army of knives they assault

These bright gelatinous, cerebral folds–

Death comes by a thousand cuts.


Memory is made of this–

Jello-fied perception and pain,

Stitched together, jiggling in their domain


But in this mirage, translated sans delay,

Lost is that single cruel crystal ray.

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