[vc_row][vc_column][title type="subtitle-h6"]Majah Cardberry[/title][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="11/12"][vc_column_text]One firefly blue tentsits there like a pale lantern,____quiet on the sand,canvas skin pulsingits translucent wings.The cold seeps like chemicalsdeep into my skin,it sets my blood____blue and buzzing,aglow and filling with poured,black velvet,____as the river and sky twist and melt,chain themselves into mesh and blankets.A thousand pounds of smoke____spirals and snaps, tossesred flashes against the stars, those____fairy eyes, blinking andstreaking, trailing____white acrylic paintfrom their thin fingernails,____leaving the night stained,chilled, and breathless.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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