caught spiraling you gave
your all to the pull
the dance of the
every day
you fell
into the stubborn mind
of Them, the They
that rule our spinning
tongues that
come
unbidden like moons
and tides
in oceans,
who keep you pinned
in undertows and whorls
beneath the solid planes
of what you know
is true.

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would i longed for
thronging masses
dying for free breath
and full bellies-
these days i only want
to close my eyes
to sleep
to shut the shoving hordes
behind my eyelid walls

good morning ganymede
your face brings out
the eos in me
i ache to keep
your seashell feet
with me
here
we'll watch the world
progress
without
you
but yet
your life
for another's
seems a surer bet

(i watched you turn
am left here
a watchful wife
to a husband
of deepening
greys)

i startled
a whirlwind
of machine
gun fire
caught clips
clicking
away
from grass into
a startled
summer
sky

the sins of the father stretch
five generations but
the sins of the mother span
millenia
visited upon
the reluctant flesh
of coiled-up me-
oh eve, your willful teeth
gnaw now on me
i, apple of
your offspring
am condemned
to further live your legacy
of apples, teeth, and blood

the jawbone of this toothy light curves
stunningly through water punctuated
by birds and words inexplicable
and feathered
the jawbone of this toothy light curves
stunningly though water shattered
by waves and ripples, a current of
words and connotations, intonations
and far too many syllables

daddy says
this one's perfect
this one
and no one else
daddy says
steady like
drum beats
drum machines, false
and fragile
daddy says
"oh honey
there's someone
out there"
daddy speaks
in drum beats
in empty rooms
there's got to be
something
other than snares
cymbals and
this one's
perfect

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