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The second of my collections of poems written for "Express It In Eight."
As usual these days, I choose blog format because it offers more space for the work.
August 17, 2024 at 6:11am
August 17, 2024 at 6:11am
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Reach for Heaven

The godless ones aspire
to something they deem higher

Assuming divinity
they attempt infinity

Elected now as gods
regress to arthropods

Creation from computer
and offspring now all neuter.



Line count: 8
Rhymed couplets
For Express It In Eight, 08.17.24
Prompt: Illustration of hands reaching for the universe.


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