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rust yellow peahen
constant rhythm
balloon shackle pig
 Feb 2020 Michael Perry
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A heaven for an hour
for when I’m with her

A long desired kiss that
turns pain into a song
I have never heard

I would not long for death as
long as you remember my name
I disintegrate into a thousand stars
Of myself, when I see
Your footprints in the snow.
I am still blinded by your winter beauty
Yet you have banished me
To the edge of your world.
Every day I return for your broken water,
The scraps of love you throw out
Keep me alive.

I must get word to you
But my clumsiness gathers dust in the corner.
I will always love you
In unwritten poems.
A day longer than forever,
a heartbeat past goodbye

A prayer to wake the darkest sleep
—and hope to answer why

(Dreamsleep: February, 2020)
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