And while desire, seeks, to water  
uncut flowers  
of a darker and duller red shade, 
it is only the night  
that truly adds to metamorphosis— 
being a notion  
far more captivating  
than most, 
it witnesses things thought  
to be pure figment, that clouds, otherwise.

 

 

 

 

 

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