Legacy

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Poverty glistened languidly on his clothes,

Yet somehow I couldn't find even a vestige of her

In his tender, nut-brown intelligent eyes, or

The deft movements of his hands as he carved out

The deity in lustrous granite as dark as him.

Even she would agree with me as he smiled up at me,

A roguishly handsome simper that would 

Capture the heart of a true woman. Perusing my eyes,

He spoke: I have to carry on my father's

Legacy. Indeed, I thought, sobering  at the sight of the

Carbide-tipped chisel that drained his soul.

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