larcenous humanity is a held breath snow globe world gone awry
got
to have it
got
to kill it
slab
it
topping
lonely
to
a Christmas tree
are
you an angel
searching
quiet places to pee
your
name in the snow
I
have no purity
left
in my soul
just
a hole
where
the pain
goes
in
behind
glass
yes,
I am sweet
I
am clever
and
in love
with
rhythm
and
rhyme
anyone
can do this
write
a list
of
what we lash
ourselves
to
choose
a smile
hold
it in
the
slid light of Dawn
will
wait with you
when water becomes
what a ghost does
to
inclusions in the ice
catch
me breathing
where
I am leaning
in
the shadows
against
a wall
or
a window
desiring
everything
I
cannot have for free
when
you steal from me
steal
quickly
what
you can
and
if you dare
steal
from me
again
and again
dial
each bend
each
paid free will
I’ll
send to errand
chaos
into hope
no
one pays attention
to
dreamers anymore
no
one can afford to
got
to keep moving
keep
holding our breath
when
someone
who
lives to burn
comes
along
so
yes, steal from me
while
your hands are still
inside
the freight of the wind
steal
from me
until
your name
is
something you hear
when you only say it to yourself
or when you are looking
for quiet places to pee in the snow
whispering words
herding memory and tides
with
waves full of the faces
catching those glimpses
where
every part of you
might
have been born
scratching
velvet straw with stars
EJR
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