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in the Olympian spotlight
the Gods
youth beauty power
success fame vitality
write a dictionary
that seeks to define us
we’ve been framed
some of us are cast into shadow
the pages of our own dictionaries
torn out
there are those among these exiles
who turn to face that night
and in their listening
discover a new voice
write their own words
come
add your inky darkness
to ours