would not recommend the usual quiet
or the quiet we project,
the necessary
the led to believe
quiet,
not even the quiet
of accurate prayer-
instead, the stillborn baby
into a room of loud colors
into a surrogate room
that is now
smeared
wall to wall
inanely
with moaning-
this is where we are, speak up, we come
with given
thump and wail-
better yet, make it some beast’s
unmoving
tail end
of litter, make the little
one
speak english- yip, mew –
Jul 13, 2012
Jul 13, 2012 at 2:31 PM UTC
would not recommend the usual quiet
or the quiet we project,
the necessary
the led to believe
quiet,
not even the quiet
of accurate prayer-
instead, the stillborn baby
into a room of loud colors
into a surrogate room
that is now
smeared
wall to wall
inanely
with moaning-
this is where we are, speak up, we come
with given
thump and wail-
better yet, make it some beast’s
unmoving
tail end
of litter, make the little
one
speak english- yip, mew –
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