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Lighting the fire

Matchsticks

By Julia SintonPublished 3 years ago 1 min read
Lighting the fire
Photo by Yaoqi on Unsplash

Incendiary.

Warm smell, white phosphorus glow…

Strike!—ignite the match.

nature poetry

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Julia Sinton

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