you were the wren
that led me
through the reeds
that stroked my sides
feathered my face

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sky packed too tight
bruised blue
needs to split itself open
thunder the wedge
hammered into the heart
of the stone
of the sky

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fairy lights flickered
when no one was watching
woodsmoke curled to sleep
in the grass

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the ones
who hollow you out
leave a cave

for another
to place
a candle in

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the ghost of fireflies
froth from the fractured minds
of the thistles
the burning breeze
flakes the fields

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the susurrus
of your lost
long song
the smoke
of my soul

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silhouettes pirouette
with the shadows
of marionettes

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I won’t speak to you again
I will still sing to you
songs white as whispers
same frequency as ghosts

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how the wind
hisses a sigh
through the reeds
how the sea sings
far inland

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there is another show
long after
the main event
the cacophony of clowns
become stroked cymbals
the trapeze artist
tiptoes over the camber
of the milky way
suspended in a puddle
the human cannonball
curls like a cat into its crater
dreams of petri dishes
blooming with flowers
the sword swallower
lets the hilt lay in their hand
for a little while
before laying the blade
amongst the blades of grass
starlight soaks into the steel
the juggler
stands the pins before the fire
their faceless faces watch
the feathers of flames
smudges tears over shy smiles
the contortionist
hugs their knees
unwinds a story into the pool
of their shadow
the fire breather
feels the smoke
feeling its way
through the dark of their body
fingers soft as silk

in the morning
just the footprint of the fire
where god
stubbed out their cigar
or
where an elephant
bruised the earth
balancing upon one foot
its trunk
held onto air


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I write to you
to keep you near me

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a candle burned
flame sunk
into the column
of its body
tears viscous
with lives lost
cum cloudy
with ghosts
of lives
never lived

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words brighter
than the paper
they scar

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dandelions
became sunflowers
heads bowed
by the weight
of their manes

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