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This poem is for the [community profile] sunshine_challenge and Prompt 4 Bonus: Hematite. It also fills the "punch" square in my 7-1-22 card for the Body Parts Bingo fest. It belongs to the series Arts and Crafts America.




"Justice and Blood"

[July 2022]

Wherever blind Justice appears,
the scale in her hand gleams
with a weighty metallic gray.

It is made from hematite,
for grounding and concentration,
but also a hidden reminder:

when cut, the stone bleeds
with a sudden punch of red.

* * *

Notes:

Hematite is an iron-based mineral associated with grounding and justice. When solid, it is metallic gray; but when cut or powdered, it shows the red.

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Date: 2022-07-13 04:05 pm (UTC)
enemytosleep: [Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist] colored image of a teen boy adjusting his tie, looking serious (Default)
From: [personal profile] enemytosleep
Oh so interesting about the cut/powdered hematite, but it totally makes sense given the iron.

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Date: 2022-07-14 06:23 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] dr_zook
*applaudes* Excellent, and perfect last lines!

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Date: 2022-07-21 01:18 am (UTC)
autobotscoutriella: a wave glittering in the sunshine (sunshine wave)
From: [personal profile] autobotscoutriella
Those last lines just hit. Beautiful, beautiful poetry.

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