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Writing
Fall of a Star
By Deetya RajanI watch as the sun sets,
the beautiful descent of a once glorious noon,
falling down, down, down,
leaving in its wake, a bloody path of oranges, pinks, reds,
—a shade of orange reminiscent of a raging fire,
A fire that destroyed a family’s home
The Life of the Party
By Catherine O'Connorthe purple lights start to fade, the crowd dying with them.
your eyes once hidden in the crowd glow vermilion,
failing to camouflage themselves beneath the shadows