"They've outlawed it, you know.."
"Outlawed what, Sweetie"
"The Unknowable--
that which cannot be defined
or easily explained away..
That which cannot reduced, down
in to something more palatable;
Or maybe diluted-down
in to that which one could drink
..without it bringing some form
of dis- comfort"
She is looking down;
Woven into her hair.. all things
edelweiss, suddenly begin
their wilt
..and all along the waterway
are those coming towards her
to smother
.
You will hold on, my Beautiful
(or maybe even turn to face
for the first time, with loaded gun)
--But Beautiful girl was never meant
to go loaded
(..And her beloved Rooster Cogburn said
that she's no bigger than a corn nubbin)
My beautiful girl
locks and loads, anyways--
Because the Mason-jars
she was forced to pour it all in to,
were never made big enough
to contain it.
There's a small stall at the swap-meet..
on Thursday and Saturday mornings,
she rents a space there
Her wares, true liquid Gold..
(when a jar becomes sold
no hidden-thing will be needed
to sustain it)
. . . . .
Quiet hearts are never meant
to reveal themselves
Some words (in this world)
were never meant to be spoken
You'll see now, beautiful Angel--
that this Rare-Jeweled heart of yours
is not the only-one,
perpetually Broken
Some gifts, the world
may never be ready for.
Lip-Kissed,
may I be the one
to help get that
un-ready World, ready--
(so very well fed
yet still;
so very slowly, burning)
Some beautiful Heartbeats
are so very much worth dying for
... And I, myself ;
I am turning..
--Look out, Mama, there's a white boat
coming up the river
With a big red beacon
and a flag, and a man on the rail
I think you'd better call John
'cause it don't look like they're here
to deliver, the mail;
And it's less than a mile away
I hope they didn't come to stay
It's got numbers on the side, and a gun
And it's making big waves
https://youtu.be/-yzOpjQsXvk?si=nNaMXxzqjLtP_DPf
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