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Binding

and severing

By Harper Lewis Published 3 months ago 1 min read
Binding
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It’s time for another

binding charm,

and a solstice sunset

severing, while the violent

bear it away, I’ll burn a cord

between two flames,

light thirty-two

sticks of incense, create

holy smoke so thick

you can’t see my hand

engraving the world,

with the same dagger

used to amputate

me completely.

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About the Creator

Harper Lewis

Intrusive rhyme bothers me, except as a weapon.

Intertextuality is my passion.

Formalist/ New Critical are my guiding theories.

My words are mine, not a robot’s.

MA English literature, CofC

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    Written by Harper Lewis