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102 hoops of fire Amy Freeman Lee I have not seen lions Since I saw them jumping through Hoops of fire in the circus. I can hear the crackling flames And smell the fragrance of burning Set aflame by lightning, But last night they roamed Throughout my house. Could it be because they knew That is where they’d find The circle of fire? For now it is my turn to leap Through the fiery hoop Of real and surreal steel. To loan me their dignity And courage for the jump Into the only place where the future lies. Then they can take back Their flaming zero And return to the applause Of the crowd While I hopefully will hear The applause of God Perhaps in the disguise Of thunder. ...

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