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Stranded naked on the sandbar,

echoed from the stars

Neon sea snake

cemetery roaming under dusk

Doberman visions

You’re undressing—

mute and bleary

Hillside castles baking down to sand

Shamed red Chopin

plays awful sounds from the dresser

Nurses hands carving in slate

hummingbird gestures

Sleeping in nectar

Teething on freedom

The hospital bed filled with your apathy

In a haze of heat, a father hums his tragic song

Before the cold sees its ceremony in your icy eyes,

the daybreak glance given

Travel now

Where they can’t let you down

Where you can’t fail them now