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Shattered Glass

May 8, 2013
By CynicalQuixote GOLD, Waxhaw, North Carolina
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&quot;Too much sanity may be madness. And maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.&rdquo; <br /> ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote<br /> &quot;If we don&#039;t fix the world, I believe it becomes our fault.&quot;-Tsarina

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A white moon face.
Spiky,
Inky,
Black hair.

Covered with soot.

A midnight black face.
One
White
Trailed
Tear
Eyes of shattered glass
The veins
s
e
e
p
i
n
g
Through.

© Maria R., Allston, MA

The author's comments:
This poem came from an image I got in my head of someone's face covered with soot, and a broken glass type pattern traced on their face through the soot.
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