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HomeCulturePoetry‘a ring’

‘a ring’

a band of gold
borne from a time
when giants collided
their ashes sifting
through space
to a sleepless earth

its cabochon
of honey amber
buried eons ago
in Baltic sands
a cats-eye
of arcane light

duty over
of matching
your dress
let it lie a while
in the palm of
your finite hand

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