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pinks of dawn meagre and pale
behind whitish-blue-gray
solid bank of cloud
ruddy flush of vivid sun rising
livid at its struggle to be seen
appeared flattened, squashed
between now darker blue cloud layers
fit to be tied to the sky
without give-way to night
for days on end
Author of the Nandria Series, MaryJane is a retired family practice physician who grew up in the Midwest but now lives in the Pacific Northwest.