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4678884For Eager Lovers — Hunch-Backed Volcano: 1914Genevieve Taggard
HUNCH-BACKED VOLCANO: 1914
Red is the mouth of Pele, passionateAgainst the fires of the kindling stars:Fire to fire moves: the heavens waitAs low to earth comes crimson-dripping Mars:They kiss in thunder, shudder, suffocate—Below men pause and listen, at their wars.