DMCA Protection & Copyright Registration – “somewhere there is a lover who will kiss you”

‘somewhere there is a lover who will kiss you like you have poetry and addiction on your lips and needs your touch and taste like mercy on their soul’ is a poem by the author butterflies rising that is an excerpt from her full prose poem ‘wilder sunsets‘. The poem was published on December 27, 2020, and is published in her copyright.gov registered book ‘she’s flowers and fire.’

DMCA Protection Date and First Date Of Use

The poem was first published publicly on her poetry blog and social media on December 27, 2020:
Post: https://butterfliesrising.com/like-mercy-on-their-soul/
Screenshot of metadata: https://butterfliesrising.com/like-mercy-on-their-soul/

Copyright Registration

The quote was published in her paperback book ‘she’s flowers and fire’ on April 12, 2022, and registered with copyright.gov on April 15, 2022:
Copyright.gov Registration Number / Date: TX0009115995 / 2022-04-15
ISBN-10: ‎0578382652
ISBN-13: 978-0578382654