CRAFTED AND COILED

  Don’t you know that hiding

  leads to colors like the pale

  petal next door, preening in

  her sameness. Carefully crafted

  and coiled, infused with the right

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  balance of summer pink and winter’s

  shaved white.

  Unfurl something sharp and crisp

  like the tips and claws of sun’s dusk,

  eyes closed—it’s not about the look,

  but the feel, pouring into the wisps of

  night air and star shadow.

  You are more than the fleeting flash

  of something others call beautiful.