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Fairy Dust
April 5, 2014
A flask of lies wading
in the liquid thrill of summer light
The cap is melting and snaking
across the glittering silver of concrete
When I was six, I asked mom
if God sprinkled fairy dust on the streets
To make them clean and pretty
for the homeless people who sleep
Sleeping with their faces pressed
drunkenly to the hot ground
A ratty sleeping bag is sufficient
for a king's pillow on this night
Night is burning through dreams
but never does it chill ice on the feet
Of pedestrians walking barefoot
home from waves of euphoria
© Jennifer T., Cincinatti, OH
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