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Dismantling the Glory
Jill Sharp
They’ll bring you a long spoon,
a goblet of decorated cream,
whipped up, smoothed over. Lying
beneath, a multi-layered regimen
of flavours, each stripe distinct.
Dig in. Let the cherry stain
the peach, peach invade the berry.
Soon the confection seeps.
It takes a long spoon
to sup with the devil.
Slide each gobbet up the side,
scoop the slurry that remains
till there’s only the smear
of assassination, a lick
of Archduke clouding the glass.
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