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March 2016

March 2016

the breakdown

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Written by: Stephen Bailey
the breakdown
of platitudes
by daylight

by starlight

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by starlight
the quintessential
dawns in sleep

are those

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are those
cicada's singing
swan songs?

on the horizon

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on the horizon 
colour folds into 
itself

foggy cape

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foggy cape
an albatross broods
the cliffs

where tribes clashed

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where tribes clashed wails wind through the blood

in darkness

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in darkness
birds trill towards
what's still to come

 

a moth enters my waiting

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a moth enters my waiting

 

 

while still new

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while still new
on the compost heap
rot sets in

at its end

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at its end
the beginning
of the end

at long last

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at long last
where the buck stops
mountain spring

moonless night

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moonless night
the centre everywhere
without relief

earth the consistency of departures

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earth the consistency of departures

locked away

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locked away
the sparkle in the eye
of an ancestor's image

all at sea

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all at sea
an old salt defies
the stars

until her smile

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until her smile
just a universe
becoming

fear of what?

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fear of what?
this manic extinction
of darkness

in waves

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in waves
the ocean cupped 
in her hands

on edge

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on edge
my pen tip at odds
with my words

hear the hiss

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hear the hiss
underpin my choice
of words

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