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Charismatic Megaflora
05:52
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“I’m here. We’ll be here. You’ll be here and this will all be a weird nearly forgotten time. We’ll have to muster up the ketchup to recall it with any dimensions.” - J. Rollins
it is night-time now
isn’t it romantic?
think of it
too dark above us
to know what’s really above us
but it’s really above us
it’s positively tenebrous
we carry little lights
to help us see just a little at a time of what’s around us but it’s
to little effect
shadows tickle at us
from every dark direction
so we hold hands, sing under our breath,
and step forward
immersion
immersion
bear painted on a tree-trunk
isn’t she lovely?
dilate the doorways
send pinwheels cartwheeling
enormous listening petals
canine tooth, hibiscus, you’re a neat girl
whisper in caverns and smile
I can hear drums and voices
far away but everyone’s getting closer
pattern of paw-prints
claw-marks in private places
to great effect
tears trace tracks through the paint
painted on our faces
in the low light
the difference between flames,
leaves, october, things with wings,
and the pupils of our eyes
is not very much
so we raise voices, kiss under that gaze,
and step upward
undulation
undulation
charismatic megaflora
wouldn’t it be nice?
that was the most stressful drive of my life
I felt sure I’d die on my way home
we packed all day in semi-blizzard
and didn’t leave ‘til after dark
but Alex saved my life
and John and Carrie and Alan and Camille
stelliform night furnace
the moon has thick bark
the howl and the response
eleven is an adjective
snow is the sky’s leaves falling
winter is the whole sky
and fall is leaving
so we fall in love, name our place,
and step inside
glottal stop
glottal stop
at the fish and goose soiree
are you sleeping?
this whole year has been two years
tears trace tracks through the dark
it’s about the cortical homunculus
obviously
she’s a drum and a voice right here
every hair on her head is a spiral staircase
every limb a reminder
to wish, to wander, to wait
listen to that loud flower
we are now moving from the forest
to embraces in darker places
introvert marimba eyeshadow mother of sighs
the light bright back from two cats’ eyes
these months end in embers
so we save each other, box unruly shadows,
and sleep quite well, thank you
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She's Not Here (There)
05:45
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it won’t always be like this
jump some years in some direction
connecting stars and keys
she hits those chords and the piano purrs
the moment hangs there
in the fragrant mid-air
want that moment, this moment, this is where
I just want to be free
I just want to be here (there)
won’t let the ratio of blood singing to sleepy eyes
discourage knowing what’s real, just orbited away
it won’t always be like that
last night, we slept on the back of a lion running
tonight, we’re in tall grass in separate fields
plants still sway at the edge of our seeing
but we hear one heart and not three
(the feeling that’s felt’s felt slowly)
all those boys with their beautiful hair
strum guitars and build fires
to connect darknesses in the wind
they’re calling out in some direction
with drums and gales and strong chests and songs and phones
all those girls with their books and records
songs and seasons and memories
stories, stereoscopic, repetition
and now to wonder how to touch and live whatever it is
and not just write poetry and songs about it
whatever it is
tonight, I want to sleep inside a piano
feel your muscles under your skin
hold my ear against your chest
close my eyes and hear a lion again
run fingers and tongue along the high strings
chromatic scales and feathers
the good and sweet things resonate
the forest finds a way inside here
it will always be like this
my favorite girl has fox-ears
and my favorite girl flies barefoot
my favorite girl knows me as well as herself
and my favorite girl dreams of songs by rivers at night
my favorite favorite girl’s not there (here)
all my friends painting words and candles
and stars on the ceilings of places
they’ll only live and glow in for a couple of years
do they wonder how to touch and live whatever it is
or just sing poetry and songs about it?
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