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Created on: September 11, 2009
Midnight has spread it's indigo blue cape,
which swiftly changes to silvery black.
A soft rustling is heard, as one day changes to another.
There are subtle changes of color and hue,
as the luminescent moon scurries beyond
the silvery grey clouds.
There is a shifting, a changing,
as the old rolls out, and the new tumbles in.
The world turns slowly,
and the last vestiges of
night and day meet in a
glorious, provocative dance.
Indigo blue, silvery black.
Crescendo.
Midnight.
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