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Speak my bane
with a whisper of Icarus’ fire.
Summon me with an umbral sigh
of transient triumph.
Lambent and xanthic
I manifest amid amethyst
upon a malevolent altar
of volant lament.
Come to watch me die
and haltingly rise
behold my sole talent.

from A Phoenix Rose