Saturday, July 11, 2020

Nights Breathing Softly


by sky-throttle a broken brain so close it’s easy to offend me—those old lovers, I must flee, while Love was pure addiction: those values those veins while seasoned like beef—the hour of hearts so revived while it must balance—the doctor the paleontologist or agriculture so sensitive to its systems. such to pause for skin is itchy while a man attempts sobriety—the screaming moon or horrific sunlight such tender retinas; by a white lady to presume certain remedies or a sister laughing over pure mahogany. so much for living so detested for living while it seems so glamorous: the full curse those acrobatics while a fool ate a bat. indeed. such surrendering where we parachute emotion while it happens every Wednesday. to love like a child to need such by disinterests where beauty would argue for itself. (but a rare psyche. so delicate to particles. where it has become something beyond understanding. if to ask a daughter if to sense she’s present or to relocate mother. (we often try an initiative. we get a response. where we presume it’s what we looked for.) such secrets in this pond while ducks are silent. by shivers when it hit. I spoke calmly. I asked for my infraction. indeed. such an answer such quick repentance while the heart sang for sewers. so threshed so ruined where putting it together is like a rescue journey.) by journal or screams by deceit or forwardness, while one is too rectitude. (nothing quite fancy in a deep dungeon while we take pride in doing better.) I must include her physique her mind her animal so slain or slayed or running on empty. to die with ease the muscle crackling at pure pain-stock!  

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