From her burns the smoke of ten thousand fires Escaping into the night and racing over hills The ash eclipsing the sun Swallowing the earth and the sky and I My flesh smoked like meat My ribs braised for her perusal Skull bleached so that she may Mount me on her finest mantel Lured in by the lights like a Speck of life led to an anglerfish Deep out of the dark like Jesus’s star Like an apparition The specter of a thousand suns Glimmering through her own ruse The smile of Vesuvius Tearing apart the heart of Pompeii This is how I fell in love
Volcano Day | Emma Harden
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