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Set the Sun

The sky turning gold in the west

Is the color of the place below

Your belly button

That tells you

You want

And when the winter wind goes soft

And the days grow warm and long

We take all our clothes off

And lay burning at the sun

Don't worry, child

The things you want will come

Like comets and hurricanes and nothing

Like you thought

And the best way to get to the places you're trying to

Touch, so you can touch

All the beautiful that you want to touch

Is to get rid of everything you think

You own

And the best way to find

The fire burning through your bones

Is to lay yourself bare

And shine gold back at

The sun

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Apr 22, 2015
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