Tight, between your thumb and index finger
You hold a match ready to strike a flame
With rushing friction bursting from the tinder
Of glassy powdered card and your swift aim
You will change something forever. Blame
Free and with a flick you could set the spark
Of destruction eating all of acclaim
To the hollow hunch of a charred burnt mark
Searing all with just one match sweeping in an arc.
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