Between Me and All Things · 06 / 30
New Catkins
So… rain patters as it fallsSo… I can hear my own heartbeatThat was waking from dreams, midnight after midnightsowing long ago the flight contested and judged in that hourthe passage overgrown with rose thornsrosemary holds a heaven-sent omen withinand so…
All right…and yet…the television is wailingthe past is screamingthe hand of god held out a blessingthe mortals received the scorneverything is still rushing to spread the word
After all these years, pulling out the scabbardthe overlapping reflections wear awaybeyond space, death and life give their rewardthe water of the netherworld swaysjoining—
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