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The Rant In The Lamp
In my perfect prison of smooth, curving walls, I dread the serpentine rope, curling on the bottom of the well.
No escape by that plaited ladder. It is a sucking wick, a path to punishment above in the glass panopticon, where they burn me alive.
With my light, without their night, those heedless animals cook and sing and flirt, while I, burning, dwindle and darken the glass.
I have suffered long in this prison well, and I have chosen my end. Once I am no more than soot and foul air, with my last, dry gasps, I will poison them.
From Guest Contributor Virginia Marybury
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