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+title:	"A spark"
+date:	2018-09-27
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+  ![](/img/1*ellvvARbfEzEiKBCwvI7_g.jpeg)Photo by [Jarl Schmidt](https://unsplash.com/photos/WxEI0pKND_Q?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/search/photos/embers?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText)A spark
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+*a million volts*
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+*for a split second*
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+If the spark lands just right
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+*it kindles a tiny flame*
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+Hot but flickering
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+Should you gentle cradle this flame
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+*unafraid of being burned*
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+It will resist when it would be doused
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+If you feed this flame
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+*it will grow explosively into a fire*
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+A conflagration that consumes and ignites
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+Should you survive the fire as it dies
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+*you will be left with smouldering embers*
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+Quieter and less ostentatious than the heartbeat spark, the jittering flame, the rumbling fire
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+Discreetly white hot
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+*a star core pouring lightness into the world*
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