The Striking-Plate

#The Striking-Plate

i'm sorry, love
i'm sorry.
 
sometimes I forget
that not all people are wildfires,
 
that not all places are tinderboxes
set to explode into chaos and soot,
 
and that not all smiles
are a hidden, sulfurous match
 
held, giddily,
beside the striking-plate.
 
 

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