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Liquid Remedy

Liquid Remedy

Fifth in a series of Rain poems, inspired by the ending of a previous poem I wasn't fully satisfied with.

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Daniel Henderson
Mar 20, 2024
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black sailing boat digital wallpaper
Photo by Johannes Plenio on Unsplash

Summoned forth from the undying big-bang
of ashen clouds, trapping glimpses of lightning
orbs to glean onto our irises just so they may grow
brilliant, a solar system of liquid stars is my anesthesia
to nerves in my hands that look like they've met a reaper, 
to bones in my feet that discovered ice on Pluto, to nostri…

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