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[meridianpassage]

Fleshly Tones

Smell of sweet
soft muscle
in repose of sleep
heavy stone weight and
breathing,
in the dark
I mistake a lions
mane,
a relaxed heavy paw
always ready for death,
but in deep
sleep a delicious
mass of warm
and docile
temptations,
fear nothing
not even your
lioness.