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Way,thou without name Eternal,yet Death to many–chest,        –yours,      pierced by hold of;witnesses,        –yours,      drown’d in seeking of;throat-movers,        –yours,      raised t’outer with joy of;fingertips,        –yours,      pause-broke for respect of;pearl-beams,        –yours,      whittle-faded in return of;low-clerk,        –yours,      forgeing by will of;

suppose i saw you,  never meant to,  it just happened; would you wave me,  swaying daisy,  and let me know? suppose i met you,  never meant to,  it just happened; could i see you,  even hold you,  not letting go? suppose we were dreaming,  never scheming,  it just happened; should i wake you,  or maybe [...]

Mother Moon           wide-smiles                with nod        toward stage of Earth;     in fixed-gaze         and without stir of wind,     She washes through us                fallen creatures,                       gently rocking                              World to Sleep’s domain…

like whimpering pet left in rain to cleanse, merely open door and stay with you shall ’til crown of time banish us to love eternalized.

like    sunrun raindrops    through back of tiger                            streak-striped            in orangeflorescence

how serene her smile in Summer’s facial lightings, where hair of shined mahogan’silk rests in bask of Daylight’s father frequenting Shore for despise of Shade and its lower Beauty– but though for stuttered moment pictured is her Serenity Smile, fallen to love has she with other.

brokejaw ice like    teeth             in crimson’d                              drink one glass                [milk of in halfdoze many   jawgum left                       choke-spat sparingly               to crystal as though by         fresh-shined      child                 and smiling]            in LEGO’d fever

age’ed jack o’ lantern, your ash-caged jagged grin finds reflection: me–        awakened in        smile of throat,            cross of eye                                              to eye                    to close                to smile again–                      to               smile             to         flint       again         ;

Once again it was that time of year, To plant, to mow, to set the dogs in rear. For a month or two we would be gone A time too short, but for Mum too long. “The maid,” she’d say, “will care for the dogs. I hope she doesn’t feed them like hogs, as you’re [...]

spin me and watch me fall– top-heavy with dreams of you– this pounding in my chest could it be from you? your only gift to me without knowing i exist– rash, but not completely clueless to the ways of love and everything that comes with it.. i know a look can’t be enough to wrap [...]