skyway
raze
every
day
there's
a
new
scattering
of
sunlight
.
a
fresh
layer
of
something
thick
enough
to
wrap
its
arms
around
the
city
but
too
diffuse
to
brush
up
against
our
cheeks
.
there
are
no
dividing
lines
to
cheapen
the
vault
that
crests
above
our
homes.
only
whatever
water
-soluble dyes
the
day
sees
fit
to
stain
itself
with
,
and
the
pitted
scars
age
and
malnutrition
have
etched
into
this
strange
seabed.
the
ripples
in
the
road
melt
the
miles
that
separate
our
thawing
bodies
into
minutes
that
have
barely
even
been
born
,
and
a
spark
catches
on
the
tinder.
smoke
.
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what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from