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Becoming Night-

Inch by inch,
Across from afternoon-
The indigo empire of evening unfurled

Like a windblown peony, the moon-
reached for her vase
This insignificant meager lake

Along the watchtower shadows-
All around the sky
Freely, the infinite one note stars
Moored upon the noble diadem

Closer, fireflies
and in the distant woods
Call, the curious owls
And I, a humble page
Arm the splendor of the night-

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