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burnished, bruised orange and gold
oozing between layered purple clouds
resting for breath on the eastern horizon
over minutes, climbing, seeping mauves
capturing bluing sky and gray clouds
infuriating them with scarlet
reach to the heavens, livid for needing
to bleed the sunrise into day
Author of the Nandria Series, MaryJane is a retired family practice physician who grew up in the Midwest but now lives in the Pacific Northwest.