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BY STUBBORN STARS: SONNET 3, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Day slipped out of the web of her fog-wet gown
Last Line: And she dreamed there of shadow and of night.


Day slipped out of the web of her fog-wet gown
and buried her bright face in the pale sheen
of the maple leaves and pushed her fingers down
in the damp moss under the deeper green
of the darkling spruce and found a cool mind
and turned and looked back through the lucent panes
of maple leaves at the sky she had left behind
and traced each pointed leaf and its intricate veins.
Lying there she shook with a sudden mirth
and waited awhile without breathing a breath
and nestled closer into the hollow earth
and knew a bliss that would have welcomed death,
knowing she could not deeper drink delight,
and she dreamed there of shadow and of night.





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