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The Ivy League


Covered deep in

Poison Ivy

A rash that spreads

and burns

 

Its toxic mass

left festering

With younger minds

to churn

 

What used to be

a noble cause

Malingers

in disease

 

Whose vines grow wild 

to trap the dark …

That once were climbed

—to free

 

(The New Room: December, 2023)

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