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Medusa Jul 2019
Need from you, the girded ankle
Unspoken prayers in lakes so deep
Need from you, more than either of us
Ever expected to, so this is pain
Need from you, so often to just let go

Now read this and reel me back in
This is how we play in the deep water

Like creatures who know the strength
Of our own tails
Medusa Jul 2019
We missed our chance.

But it’s not a problem: we gave it all
All came back sighing, lovestruck:

Then mutinous alliances recalled,
We fled.

Now, cautioning and antennae’d
Weary, we crawl upon hot lava

Yet still we wave.
“Why Can’t We Be Friends” by War playing in my head
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