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April 14, 2019
By writingisperplexing SILVER, Brooklyn, New York
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i am 

your lightbulb 

bright with love 

but hollow and fragile.

 

easy to turn off;

and on 

again and again.

i am but a lightbulb 

and you, 

the toxic electricity

 

will keep me

flickering.

© Ty B., Oak Bluffs, MA

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