the pall of a long day
in sheer white burden
lay inexplicably all
deaths unrehearsed
gargantuan immovable and relentless
like the wide wind cutting through
the blink of an eyelid
or a mortal's fragmented word -hands fret for amalgams
of all brokenness cupped to
the size of all that is loved
in hundredweight
casting their heaviness
upon all of us, pinning us down -
mildew to grass as the hours
draw emphases
(displaced
stilled, looking
outside the
window.)
Sep 21, 2015
Sep 21, 2015 at 2:52 AM UTC
the pall of a long day
in sheer white burden
lay inexplicably all
deaths unrehearsed
gargantuan immovable and relentless
like the wide wind cutting through
the blink of an eyelid
or a mortal's fragmented word -hands fret for amalgams
of all brokenness cupped to
the size of all that is loved
in hundredweight
casting their heaviness
upon all of us, pinning us down -
mildew to grass as the hours
draw emphases
(displaced
stilled, looking
outside the
window.)
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