Flame
       

Just me and the flame
The brightest living things
Left on the evening porch

Just me and the flame
Its wind-blown self
The fabulous work of a

Frantic glass-blower, a
Mesmerising Chihuly
Flying the kite-flame

Of his instinctive art
Just me and the flame
Against the inevitable dark

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