And so we reach — Arms and fingers stretching, Through the water to the air above Grabbing fistfuls of oxygen to compel ourselves to breathe, To see you were above ground the whole time In suspense of animation. Your breath may catch to realize: The dead animal by the steps in the half-light is…… Continue reading
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Chardonnay cosplay, dressing as ourselves Minus half again in numbered years An anxious encounter with these years we rushed to outpace Forgetting, stashing away, downplaying Who will be first to risk reliving it all for the sake of entertainment? We are more than that now We have come honestly By the added pounds, visible wrinkles,…… Continue reading
They came, despite Flying things and crawling things and Swimming things and slithering things and Stinging things and stalking things. They came, despite storms that lasted for miles, Leaving great floods in their wake and Islands that were not islands Amid grassy oceanic plains Connected by waterways like some colossal neuronal network. They came, with…… Continue reading
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