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Blue and green balls bounce across the dark<br />
black.<br />
A red spark, a yellow light, off and on again<br />
Chaotic flashes illuminate the empty water but<br />
somehow drown.<br />
On the lake at opposite shores two boys stand<br />
apart<br />
united by their roman candle shots<br />
Fire shooting sticks.<br />
Wizards dueling with their wands.<br />
Children at heart, inspired by an explosive tube,<br />
innocent to its threat.<br />
The fantasy remains abundant on these shores<br />
and in the souls of these spectators.<br />
Colors swim and spread under the empty skies<br />
and above this puzzled puddle.<br />
Smoke crawls along the waters shallow edge.<br />
Gently skimming across the surface.<br />
An ominous sign, blurring the scene.<br />
Across the way they gaze looking for a familiar<br />
face.<br />
Slowly it clears, no longer obscured,<br />
and now the boys can see.<br />
They stand still, their connecting flames extinguished<br />
fantasy gone, light and color burnt away.<br />
Consumed by the darkness of the Lake and its<br />
infinite depth.<br />
The Lake<br />
Riley Sullivan<br />
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