rose/flame
is
the rose
the flame's reviled *
inversion ? eternity's unknown
instant *
ending in on(c)e endless
night ? this so(u)l(e) is sure : pure perfume
a too sweet coverlet cakes ! better to love
the flame's full- * fledgling flight
in the phoenix's Will (six petals
still) than the rotting
rose's relished
rites
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