Neverending Haiku chain: Part 2

@The Anointed,

You will find safety
in the weightless tumbling fall.
You just have to jump.

@Lash,

You just have to jump.
Your destination will be
determined by chance.

@tsarstepan,

Determined by chance:
he held the door open, and
she stopped, unblinking.

(Not sure if unblinking is a word, but I was there and she did not blink)😂

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@Lash,

She stopped, unblinking.
The stars in the moonless sky
begged her for comment.

~
Unblinking is a great word.

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@tsarstepan,

Begged her for comment!
Shouted rude claims, yet she strode
in stony silence.

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@Lash,

In stoney silence
She watched as the blinking stars
Fell down to the earth

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@The Anointed,

Fall down to the earth
Rising upward once again
Cleansed by the hot flame.

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Cleansed by the hot flame
of his prose, her cheeks flushed pink.
McCarthy. Cormac.

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@Lash,

McCarthy. Cormac.
And no country for the weak
Blood Meridian

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@edgarblythe,

Blood Meridian
Longitude and latitude
of Western novels.

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@tsarstepan,

Of western novels
And books of jilted lovers
What more do I need

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