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We gather 'round the fire now,
Interred within the shadows.
Latching on to the withered sow --
          The shadows like headstone rows.
. . . In utterance of a general moan . . .
          Not knowing that the rhetoric flows
Against the current of our mouths,
Across our inward pointed toes.
          Closet collectivism our sacred cow.

I stare into the flames that lie
Just beyond the tree line there,
Cutting loose from a whispered sigh;
          Seeing through the smoke filled air
Each shadow like a purple headstone,
          Not hoping to penetrate the blank stare
Of that oh-so-unique socialite,
          Who's so elegant
          So intelligent,
Dancing the dance of death with flair.
          I'll dance it alone -- an individualite.

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