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First Fig

(1) Base Camp

Short and sassy, easy on the eye and intriguing to the mind—all in all, this poem's a piece of cake. Perhaps more importantly, the "candle" remains a delightfully vague metaphor, so you can twist it into all kinds of interpretive frameworks.