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Kate Hawkes
Oct 13, 2024
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The walnutted ancient face of humanity 
shoulder-touching close
collapses into a delta of riverlets,
waterfalls down inside
down, down
churning blackly
in the sinkhole of loss.

We stand, our arms around each other,
beneath black towering clouds
shot through with red and gold
roiling the heavens,
raging down,
spurred by fear 
fueling grief.

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