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The Moon Has Risen 30 Degrees By Nathan Wainwright


The moon has risen 30 degrees in the

pitch

black

sky.


The orange and yellow lights twinkle above the bountiful hills,

though they are not stars.


I wonder

passingly

what it would take to


crush every

cockroach that

crawls.


Today was a bad day,

and admitting that is hard because I don’t know exactly why.

But I mean,

has knowing ever made it better?



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SAS
Nov 05, 2023

One of the most captivating poems I've read. The title alone hooked me!

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