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Everyday Haiku 3

Lantern

By Rob AngeliPublished 11 months ago 1 min read
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Or an airtight jar of arthropod asphyxiation

childhood's bugjar caught

the glow of many fireflies

in its cruel deathtrap

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Rob Angeli

sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt

There are tears of things, and mortal objects touch the mind.

-Virgil Aeneid I.462

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