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want to be the sun
want to be the sunfire of god and divine lightyour passion a burningand a burning your thoughta burning your bonesyour flesh radiantand shining outrace across the polish frontierto go down to go snuffedout in the flax fields of lausitzbefore the land workers returnto their villagesthey know the night’s a farma fire’s burned through like a Continue reading
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prove the man in the moon’s
prove the man in the moon’sthumb and his finger that pointsat the sleeper’s eye pinchthe cabbage leaf edge of the eyelid argue that he pulls the eyelid up the forehead of a cabbage pulls the waker’s closedeye open to a widened squintconclude the caterpillarbrain in the head of cabbage seesa line of fire across the Continue reading
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the closed eye of the blinded
the closed eye of the blindedcyclops drowsy as a lotus eater opensa narrow slit across the eastern foreheada crack of fire across the night black bonewake uphere inside the monster’s skull it dawns Continue reading
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when i told the kids how the world was
when i told the kids how the world wasborn i said junior i said prissy i said listenyesterday morning in the pasture wasa universe and through the universe planets moovedup the universe and down planets grazedtoward the sun rise and toward the sun’s descenttoward the rumour of the north starand toward the conspiracies of southern Continue reading
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while i’d stare
while i’d stareat myself in the chapel of her eye none would have sleptthrough the sermon nor would one have leanedtoward another and pst pst pst whisperedbut when i’d look away i’dagain become a mere droner of a preacher Continue reading
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snowflakes
snowflakesthey fall most white in the darkest hourfootstepsthey ring loudest in the most silent momentthe street is desertedmovement is most noticed when nothing movesthere’s a car comingit’s been driven around the block all nightit’s been driven around the block for a thousand nightsthe driverdrives in all directionsdrives between shrines of devotiondrives in the circling and Continue reading
Jake's Flea Market 