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Cold Flint Makes Fire

smiles so rare for her

not a welcoming face

fear in pale grey eyes

of warmth not a trace

 

appearances can fool

no semblance of fire

that beneath the skin

makes the mask a liar

 

stumbled into tinder

my chimney smoking

horned into bonfires

deception is stoking

 

inner magma outed

slow magnetic glow

mechanic love only

imagination can sow

 

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