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Staring out onto the earthly pottery of existence,

Climbing light vines to heaven

Clay ribbons descend,

Swirl downward against metallic swell

Go sail charmer, altruist

Who immersed in thickets,

Hugged in cloth,

Evolves into charcoal

Is worshipped by the drifting macaw,

The lady finch

They swoop and croon through the air,

Dip their feathers in the death paste of ash water

I have wondered about the language of flowers

And you, elaborate mosaic, greeting me

Gentle, the swamp takes my ankles

On and on we choke on an everlasting

Handsome night

My lover’s blood rushes right through me

Wild, fantastic