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Which Set Off a Wave of Kinetic Energy
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Which Set Off a Wave of Kinetic Energy

#Prompt 7

To deny that what flies between us are sparks

is to deny the aftershocks of hearing my name on your lips

It is to deny

that all I am is atoms learning to exist in your orbit.

That I do not hold up each chemical reaction to the light

As a litmus test of a love that will turn me to ash

Because I want nothing left when you are done.

No history,

No future,

No present,

No denials

Just molecules reacting from a force that will let the world know 

when I was with you

I was moved.

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