Stone Soup

Where young artists paint the world with words

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THE BATTLE UNDERGROUND

No one quite bad or good today

Devil and angel both fight to show they aren’t prey

A swollen-head angel bit devil’s ear and crunched

And it split into a halo the devil swallowed

Then devil was being good, and angel was being bad

Analise Braddock
Analise Braddock, 9
Katonah, New York