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in front of the mirror, she stands and sees them on the wall, tipping along the dust she presses coffee and rinses dishes under hot, soapy water, her eyes on that wall then out the window the sun winks high and the glass talks in telltale signals left by sunken reveries she falls into slumber so deep and intuitive webbing takes over all ahead the old Singer in the corner sits silent and awaits its timely command then, she wakes to find all the silent trappings of caterpillar's welcome and deep in the forest of her serene thoughts, she taps into worlds half lost to Man too little to expect in the moonlit attic of North verdant wedged into half a heart she lowered all the burnt offerings into the soil and gave up one prayer after the other pulling loose the pieces into the loom, turn the wheel and spin a cloak out of suffering all night and all the next day, the spinning proves to be substantial and it grows *the cloak is done, it's so beautiful and on the wall, there it shows the promise of tomorrow she eyes that missive dumped in the wastepaper basket* so many squares overlap in the rainbowed light; the shadows play rapier games on the wall and the night lands refreshing on spicey green and greets the walker hurtling somnabulist takes a dip into cast reflection of unexpected calls and on the wings of nocturnal takings, she travels yet further
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Dec 30, 2013
Dec 30, 2013 at 8:56 AM UTC
caterpillar
in front of the mirror, she stands and sees them on the wall, tipping along the dust she presses coffee and rinses dishes under hot, soapy water, her eyes on that wall then out the window the sun winks high and the glass talks in telltale signals left by sunken reveries she falls into slumber so deep and intuitive webbing takes over all ahead the old Singer in the corner sits silent and awaits its timely command then, she wakes to find all the silent trappings of caterpillar's welcome and deep in the forest of her serene thoughts, she taps into worlds half lost to Man too little to expect in the moonlit attic of North verdant wedged into half a heart she lowered all the burnt offerings into the soil and gave up one prayer after the other pulling loose the pieces into the loom, turn the wheel and spin a cloak out of suffering all night and all the next day, the spinning proves to be substantial and it grows *the cloak is done, it's so beautiful and on the wall, there it shows the promise of tomorrow she eyes that missive dumped in the wastepaper basket* so many squares overlap in the rainbowed light; the shadows play rapier games on the wall and the night lands refreshing on spicey green and greets the walker hurtling somnabulist takes a dip into cast reflection of unexpected calls and on the wings of nocturnal takings, she travels yet further
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Dec 30, 2013
Dec 30, 2013 at 8:56 AM UTC
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