Friday, June 26, 2020

Clay In Our Palms


the fierceness of joy those night dams
where ashes pile numbers into dust.
by deep penalty or falling ice I cram
the fierceness of joy those night dams,
if but silence a dear rant for I Am,
while souls’ repose in dungeon rust.
the fierceness of joy those night dams
where ashes pile numbers into dust.


so tender into your birth so afar from
insistence, where asking disqualifies
or death is so tender, as souls encounter
rage, for life was so un-gentle, by indelicate fortune;

the heart impasses at love too insensitive
to scream or babbling for method a fret in its
design; either a triolet or a failed remedy so
after something wrung in rage the

countenance feeling its wrath a daughter renewed
for disappointment after miles of running for
life was so unfriendly.

such watery faces such mud or grime
as a creature thrust’d through with shame.
if caught in your pain a man aches time;   
such watery faces such mud or grime;
those dreams you’ve lived, won or died;
where being glory has shunned a flame.
such watery faces such mud or grime
as a creature thrust’d through with shame.         

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