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The Ruling Class

October 27, 2014
By EleniAneziris DIAMOND, East Setuaket, New York
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Draped from the ceiling,
molecules shifting by the wind,
and chiming,
so faintly, so slightly.
I wonder
how this violent color
found its way
into the hollow
creases of my skin.

Perhaps I’ll find
a longing, a saudade
too vast for my comprehension.
But so is the way
the physical world reigns.

© Kyle T., St. Joseph, MO

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