Matches

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The match

Lit

Wavered in your fingers

Flickering

As the AC cut off


You sat watching the flame dwindle

The wood

Eaten

By the heat

Devoured

By the light


You felt the flame come closer

The fire

Nearly at your fingertips


You heard the match go out

As your fingers burned

Nearly black

From the soot


As you

Lit

Another

Match

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