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Siren of the Night

March 27, 2014
By KarmaBites GOLD, Columbia Heights, Minnesota
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Star,
siren of the night,
you seduce me
with your
flamboyant
incandescence.
Like a moth
to a lamp,
you lure me
to your
lofty
perch.
I scale a
mountain to
reach you,
and you spurn my
hungry
hand?
Why reach for the stars
only to get burned?

© Allison H., Vancouver, WA

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