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The Cone
by Alexander Goldstein → (All Poetry by Alexander Goldstein)
Monday, January 23, 2017 Not rated by the Author.

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Because of you My heart has been turned Into the slaked lime; From now on, I do not worry About your dropping out From my life. . . I am just about To pop my cork, Becoming but the cone Of a stone pine Wrapped into the hoarfrost Of the late autumn.

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Reviewed by Jane Noponen Perinacci

Reviewed on January 23, 2017

Such a lovely saga of a cone! 'Loved it (Do I smell love in the air?)

Love ya!

Jane

Reviewed by John Herlihy

Reviewed on January 23, 2017

A stark image if there ever was one, yet those pine cons are amazing, artful and durable (enduring). So, perhaps all is not lost. From a "slaked lime" to an exquisite pine cone, it could have been worse. John

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