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Craig W. Steele, US   Heartbroken   Her heart, a newly-shattered ruin, Expels crumpled corpuscles just As a crystal curio spews glass when Riven by hammerous blows. Teardrop shards Betray her pain, Reflect her inner desolation. Only by husbanding each sliver and Kindling love’s flame anew can I meld, recast, Enfold the molten form, and then Negotiate the stresses of annealing.     About Craig W. Steele, US Craig W. Steele is a writer and university biologist whose creative musings occur in the urban countryside of northwestern Pennsylvania where he writes for both children and adults. His adult poetry has appeared recently or is forthcoming in Willows Wept Review, The Edge Magazine, WestWard Quarterly, Caduceus, Astropoetica, the Aurorean and elsewhere. This is Craig W. Steele's first appearance in Sketchbook