Gilt

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Annie Hendrix | August 22, 2026

The dragonflies have come in droves

to remind me of my mother,

and how her uncorrupted soul

hovers in the August heat,

above the iridescent pool

served neat in oblong silt

How long they drink of golden light,

and how drunk they are with gilt

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“Gilt”
Written by Annie Hendrix

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by Annie Hendrix

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