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September 2014
undivided
a cloud ascends
into infinity
a morepork
until it loses itself
calls its name
after death
her absence fogs over
under words
an albatross
drowns in the absence
of a before
keystone cop —
impeach blossoms
litter my path
five eyes . . .
I avoid winking
at the moon
keeping watch
sky travellers redress
the balance
drunken wind . . .
a willow flails
at nothingness
with nothing
in reach, a stick insect
holds fire
long white cloud . . .
how much more lonely
must we become?
dewspring light
awake once more
to a once world
spring pathos —
a poem strains against
its string of words
old man pine —
fire comes into
its own
soundless by starlight —
the poet sipping darkness
from a mirror's eyes
now and then
death with a life
of its own
fire curl —
a poem's orgasm
of pain
losing heart
a loss of words
fills the air
spring trickles
through the hieroglyphs
of belonging
the fog
of the familiar
trips my lips
light enters
the delirium
of the now
noonday demon
my longings define
their form
an apple
here in hiding
nothing more
headlong spring —
what words to part meaning
from the song?
earth rot . . .
such mystery scenting
sweet nothings
the all
that's missing
the words
awake with the birds
I distill the who I am
from the edge of light
rumours of war . . .
the shadow of my breath
darkens a dead sea
nine eleven . . .
time unravels the heart
of our darkness
just being
also itself:
a lily
dawnsong —
dark matter
with a voice
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