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The Night I Was a Dragon

It is my fire they fear

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Angela Cummings
Mar 23, 2024
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‘Red Dragon with Gosling’

The Night I Was a Dragon

All the innocents look up. 
I don’t know them, 
but they are scared. 
It is my fire they fear  
so hot, coming out of my mouth. 
I am flying too fast to see their faces. 
I don’t think I know them, though 
I’m not looking closely enough to tell.
 
I almost envy their world, the one 
they hardly believe i…

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