two candles
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invariably two
candles burning
both at the same
time looking alike
exactly sized
and colored however
perpetually one
cascades amaining
the other dripping
and pouring its center
on outside walls
ahead forsaking
unity for the speed
of the chase
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Poem by Janet Cannon
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Previously published in
New Mexico Humanities Review
(New Mexico Tech)
and
Southwest Women's Poetry Exchange
(Number 9)
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