write_a_poem_using_only_your_blathes
raze
if_your_name_were_god
,
what_would_i_say
?
you_are_the_things_you_don't_throw_away
.
what_i_am
:
a_vast_and_subtle_symphony
.
even_now
,
you_taste_like
fossils_of_future_homes
.
i_am_not_a_fortune_teller
.
i_am_a_stopwatch
.
my_heart_is_inside_a_dying_animal
.
this_is_why_i_need_to_be_dancing
.
if_the_world_should_end
,
weep_for_the_beauty
—
every_callused_moment
a_constant_drip
in_the_shape_of_a_heart
.
if_you've_got_time_and_not_much_will
,
make_yourself_a_mystery
,
waving_at_the_moon
between_the_city_and_the_stars
.
(
in_a_dream_you_told_me_this
.)
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what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from