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I swim away with the light of fire and ice.

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UNDER FIRE AND ICE BY MICHAEL MAHONEY 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 20

The inheritance of the meek

is plundered by rapacious men.

Promise is green,

then dried wheat;

like the last swim under a fire and ice sky.

Drying in the reflection,

regret

is

the image.

And dressing in an indistinct future,

cries of longing

drown out memories, love, and melodious

tongues.

Every …

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