he called from the edge
of a cliff
“look to the stars”
a peach pit
or plum stem
in orbit
adrift
he thinks
about
being forgotten
in the garden
overgrown
no chemical
in the memory
and the room
is more open now
halved
with nectar
dripping
the cosmos
exposed
and he
enters
through the
stone
of a
lychee
Dec 16, 2022
Dec 16, 2022 at 12:23 AM UTC
he called from the edge
of a cliff
“look to the stars”
a peach pit
or plum stem
in orbit
adrift
he thinks
about
being forgotten
in the garden
overgrown
no chemical
in the memory
and the room
is more open now
halved
with nectar
dripping
the cosmos
exposed
and he
enters
through the
stone
of a
lychee
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