Day 436: To Trust

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i have pondered trust
like mercury

as it gains and whittles
in inconstant forms,

never lessening,
always dispersing,

to collect again
in momentary pools.

there do we gain a glimpse

of what a solid metal
might be

before it beads away
in bounding bubbles

and rests
in hidden corners.

what a culpable beast,

who can shed the light,
gauge the heat,

and poison
if taken wrong.

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