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Erode
02:53
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Linen frayed / in eastern light
Reflect the lake / wrapped in white
Like ripples blown / in stale snow
language lost / if left alone
All we know / is worn away
Erode Erode / In constant flow
Caustic network / Crepuscular rays
Anchor ankles / Caution strays
Strain the wave / Filter the sun
Repress the urge / to come undone
All we know / is worn away
Erode Erode / in sweet decay
(All we know / Erode erode)
Repress the Urge (All we know / Erode erode)
to come undone (All we know / Erode erode)
if left alone and overgrown (is worn away / in sweet decay)
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2. |
Winter Hawk
04:18
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Tying to bask in brief apricity under quilts the aunties made
Furnace is still and helpless taking a break from hot air
Living room heirloom window whispering arctic adoration
(I look through the glass)
Hawk perched in a bare tree
Red round eye circling me
Frosted frame won’t look away from the thorny honey-locust
Branches shiver as rays tabby weave around the pattern
Long-distance weakened warming barely breaks through
(I guess we could both use more motivation)
Hawk perched in a bare tree
Red round eye circling me
Easier seen in winter, January offers no place to hide
“What omen are you? Do you bring luck or wealth, confidence or coincidence?”
It tilts its head / Hawks watch till their prey looks away
Hawk perched on a bare tree
Red round eye in front of me
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3. |
The Thaw
03:12
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A promise of movement
from the stillness of ice
Slink from gray to green / down the drop in degrees
A moment of promise
in the waxing light
Slide from gray to green / between emerging trees
Crystalized honey in my green tea
Be the sweetness soothing me
Be the sweetener I need
Primordial comfort
Abscission of doubt
watch the colorful past thoughts / Strewn all about
large body magnetism
don’t get drawn away
hear piano twinkling next door
cause reflections to fray
Crystalized honey in my green tea
Be the sweetness soothing me
Be the sweetener I need
Stop looking in the corner
no answers pouting there
dew point rising
take the chill from the air
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4. |
Transformer Repair
05:29
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The powers gone out again
without electricity finally alone
Reset the clocks for the fourth time
Blinking Green, the new routine
Tomorrow or Today
the power will come back on
Yesterday, felt the same
sitting in the candlelight
Tomorrow or Today
the power will come back on
Yesterday, felt the same
shivering in the new moon light
Empty head, warm bed, quiet thoughts
A deer is not crossing the road
Abandoned wasp nest still swings
pendulum alone / mundane metronome
Tomorrow or Today
the power will come back on
Yesterday, felt the same
sitting in the candlelight
Tomorrow or Today
the power will come back on
Yesterday, felt the same
shivering in the new moon light
Rusted chain release
Salt-stained cuffs
Lentils in a bowl
Halite gnaws on pot holes
Is this working?
Try it now
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5. |
Eventually
02:15
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Staring through the window in my window
a cave mouth reflection
echoing off the screen, the bars, the glass
orange eye peeking through
chicken wire fence
are all thoughts obstructions?
are all thoughts obstructive?
How High off the ground is anyone?
staring at fake grass balcony
quarter of a candle left
all the snow will melt
eventually
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