petty and pathetic,
insofar as when a wreathed breath
brings the being to the brim
of each death-defying word,
a woman. lying naked,
nailed to the Earth, burning
auburn-bright from windows
a wraith unannounced without a diadem
even, consoling the heavy lark
of the doused dark with something
weightless swinging against
the boughs — shuddering after a great
fall from presence to heart's pompous
flare. flat is the world
and light, the bendable one:
laugh, laugh, brave the hill
and behind the bramble, the dimly lit
foliage you are there
from the tumble: an aureole
simmering in the unbeknownst.
Nov 1, 2015
Nov 1, 2015 at 1:34 AM UTC
petty and pathetic,
insofar as when a wreathed breath
brings the being to the brim
of each death-defying word,
a woman. lying naked,
nailed to the Earth, burning
auburn-bright from windows
a wraith unannounced without a diadem
even, consoling the heavy lark
of the doused dark with something
weightless swinging against
the boughs — shuddering after a great
fall from presence to heart's pompous
flare. flat is the world
and light, the bendable one:
laugh, laugh, brave the hill
and behind the bramble, the dimly lit
foliage you are there
from the tumble: an aureole
simmering in the unbeknownst.
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