blossoms from the grass, a wreath from the garden

from I sleep, but my heart keeps watch by better never to have been

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Scratch a freight into stone
Before it becomes unknowable
A squandered life observing
Torpid reminiscence
Bring forth gifts to the altar
See me worship as my vessel fails

My god I feel myself exhale
A year of breaths held
Like rainclouds or that time of day
Between waking and slipping
Pregnant with promise unfilled

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from I sleep, but my heart keeps watch, released February 16, 2020

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