By Sterling Warner
Gathering of teenage tribes
marked by unified comradery
& hunger, ready to leave programmed
behavior at home, prepared to explore
slivers of light disappearing into shadows.
Knotted rawhide ankle bracelets
tattoo lower tibias with tanner's dye
assume a decorative life of their own
as bare calloused feet strike solid earth
rhythmically & passionately moving,
their red Alpen glow shimming
in night air...igniting ritual warmth;
panting breaths create wispy clouds
that emerge from lips parted & cold
fill the ebon void with moist faery tears
dissipating like objects in a magic act
into midnight's black velvet curtain.
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