Friday, June 19, 2020

The Dear Friend


try by accordion those wings so technical or entangled auras. the dying to live or orchestra pain or so much underbrush. as a fasting, fastidious, fiery soul; so secluded by a whisper where father-talk is taboo. topaz eyes or marigold eyes or too long away to recollect. the naked skies the fraternizing sun or such sweet sorrow. to believe in essence such depth to escape or filled by peril, pain, & patience; an event so torturous such testimony thrown into favorite perceptions. or to fret over love to wander while wondering those caves so awesome so abandoned where it was nice to stipple a memory. by reptilian genes or caiman brains while times cause worry: nontransparent or nonexistent as never with feelings or ever by emotion; the sliced earth the tectonic ocean while tropical a flower as it wheezed. by turpentine or galaxy or mythos a man or too much intake; to retune or recharge in such situation as seized by subterranean rain: crumbled carnations or wavering waters or faucets dripping fevers. to have outlived an emotion, or so gathered no one knows, at guts redeeming or satisfied with impossibility or a nostalgic nudging. our guilt overriding our indifference where a given moment becomes a hornet’s nest. by deeper twilight so much perfect dissatisfaction while days scream at tacit expression: those gesticulations those passive behaviors while certain talents come naturally. darker nights into brighter seconds where apogee becomes a light drifting. it seems like lure or tales where honesty condemns its servant. the weeping trees those sorrowing oaks or melancholic meadows. but life is grand. it gets better. where unspoken travesties just disappear. indeed, a jester, a clown, even a dear friend.     

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