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A Sutra for a Dying Smile

Warrior-ants
        infect the smile--
        enraged and biting;
slowly turning 
        bitter with a
        century of "-isms,"
smoke and shattered
        mirrors. The smile
        wastes away-entrapped!
Like Sibyl, the smile 
        wishes its own Requiem
        and will brighten the day
only if it sees it's own
        light.