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Poem of the week: Lucifer Takes a Break by Barbara Smith

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The fallen hero of this intriguing work does not seem all that demonic

Lucifer Takes a Break

He stirs sugar into black, watching white crystals
transluce. He rolls a cigarette, crimping a white tip
and dark tobacco carefully within the rustle of thin
paper and remembers, as he snaps a match lit,
a time before: just an instant.

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