aloof alone
the moon stays
the claw of limbs
clamour in the
ice crystals

the fuck its stuffed
frozen like the
foam cast take out
trays
the few crushed bills
like an old dead nest

All the ragged holes
we stuffed with words
while the black vinyl
spun
we ground out like
bad germs
exterminated come
the sun

Dilations of our reception
tuned in the ossuary
fossils like old food
on the tines in the
sink

brushing teeth
wakeful alive
spitting pink

towels of perfume
and mascara
towers of gaunt
reaching in the low
mists
behind the shaded
curtians
closed

I was a book
you were a river
we lived on the
sliver of dimes
shaved and silvered

and you loaned
me betterments
of parchment
coral
kisses

till the ore
fed away
precious
gleanings
turned
up like
mystery
smiles

we roared
our love
along
in miles

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