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Throwing stares on aquariums must be fun;
fins resemble birds well enough.
If you squint and walk on tiptoe,
air quotations could be more than wings.
Trust me.
You’d be lighter than steam.
And with seven continents as your runway,
you can forget about rockets;
the clouds would look like buildings.
Just invite me for a little sightseeing,
because the wrinkles grow on my adrenaline.
Let’s not look down.
There are no kite runners waiting for us.
Literature
cycle.
(birth.)
i walk home, crisp shoelaces, bloodied nose
middle of autumn, frothing at the mouth
kids took summer skin too far, brought on apocalypse
i tell myself it will be over soon, wintertime freckles
will be here
incensed
(childhood.)
stove milk and delicate murmurs
the technicolor alphabet teaches itself
purple bowls with animal faces
hospital bracelets around tiny wrists
won’t come loose
mama
(adolescence.)
the clouds are gasoline, wisps of gin, addicted
there is vomit on the floor, new candy sores
sky is burning, orange with hungry flame, vying
i don’t know who to talk to, crying
let me go
alive
(adulthood.)
doctor
Literature
clock hour three
a fan of black,
i lie peaceful, half-conscious,
ensconced in the damp
of the gritty, cold sidewalk cement;
metamorphosing,
it could be said,
with my butterfly wings of taped-on paper.
fragile and crinkly,
my skin has become translucent:
reminiscent of peeled grapes.
i hover, ghostly,
in the bright reflected space
between double window-panes.
i can feel the timeout,
reach the apogee of breathing
trapped and silent in the kitchen light;
my fingers pale, probing
under my flaking skin.
the space is stretching, growing,
agonized with acidic mezzo moaning
and the static close memories
that are all too real for an insomniac.
Literature
a cold haiku
Howling wind again
the plains an icy tundra
a cold, lifeless white
we are huddled together
inside our hearth burning bright
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I really like this. I find it very nice and soothing. I also love how the title plays into it (I had to look it up). Very well done!