Picture me this: not the arched brow
but the body when night, curves like a moon
accruing more weight.
Develop me this: not the body when curved like a moon
but the white stucco of it,
assuming its form.
Fold me like this: not the white stucco of it,
but the space it takes for need,
the occupancy it wastes for want.
In this manner is how you will
And lay me flat against the river:
not your memory of walls with fleur-de-lis,
but with lilies. If this day were leaf when turned
from the night when I took this collapse,
let your hands be pedicle. My inflorescence you have
mistaken as displacement yet not drown – meet this canopy
at the end of this river that is your river – your static grace that
is the music of your passing.
When met, disintegrate: not the lilies – they are anchors you have forgotten,
not this day if it were a leaf, but the day dried from a washline
of clouds. Let my inflorescence be a blunder of your recall.
When you meet this canopy, pack all of its mileage,
exact it in this distance. Take photographs of. Do not keep.
May 31, 2016
May 31, 2016 at 10:07 PM UTC
Picture me this: not the arched brow
but the body when night, curves like a moon
accruing more weight.
Develop me this: not the body when curved like a moon
but the white stucco of it,
assuming its form.
Fold me like this: not the white stucco of it,
but the space it takes for need,
the occupancy it wastes for want.
In this manner is how you will
And lay me flat against the river:
not your memory of walls with fleur-de-lis,
but with lilies. If this day were leaf when turned
from the night when I took this collapse,
let your hands be pedicle. My inflorescence you have
mistaken as displacement yet not drown – meet this canopy
at the end of this river that is your river – your static grace that
is the music of your passing.
When met, disintegrate: not the lilies – they are anchors you have forgotten,
not this day if it were a leaf, but the day dried from a washline
of clouds. Let my inflorescence be a blunder of your recall.
When you meet this canopy, pack all of its mileage,
exact it in this distance. Take photographs of. Do not keep.
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