Atomic Weight of Stars

~ The Drabble

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By Siobhan Atkins

Who knows the weight of a collapsing star
I only know it has crushed me
After holding that space alone for so long
My arms have given way and folded
Concertina-like
Against this brittle cold
Where even the promise of supernova
is extinguished

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