APPROACHING
Marching over the horizon,
Like an army bearing down,
A battalion of raindrops
Coming to soak the town.
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PHOENIX
(An Acrostic)
Pyrotechnic aviator, strange immortal bird!
Heat was meant to vanquish you! Maybe you hadn't heard!
Once your mortal days are ending, then you build a nest;
Every part of it is burning, singeing the feathers on your breast.
Now you're rising from your demise to live a thousand years!
Immortality through destruction! That's your secret, it appears!
X-ellent and mythic creature! I would revive like you
Over and over from the fire, always beautiful and new!
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