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Objection

Objection

Twelfth in a series of rain poems.

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Daniel Henderson
May 24, 2024
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clear drinking glass beside brown bottle
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The sight of crystal marbles descending from a grey sky, 
grey like silver fox smoke choking the walls after a fire,
reminds me of our old apartment, five stories above encircling 
projects like camouflaged cannon fodder just before an ambush, 
a beacon of poorly executed gentrification like a lighthouse 
enduring a new …

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