tender
tender
the sea burnishes
stone to glisten in the sun
bright in your closed eyes
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I keep my world small family books home and food very small poems
morning
morning
smells free in my dreams
till I feel the thin mattress
open my eyes and see
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torment
torment
he screams in the night
then startles himself awake
no one else heard him
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needles
needles
memories of pain
is assured by the cactus
dancing in my yard
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before
before
the seed sprouts
there is a moment of doubt
was all that work preparing
the soil worth the pain
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response
response
words appear
long enough
to sustain
criticism
silence
dark
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dry
dry
sand lives in nostrils
protecting moisture within
brittle skin without sweat
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snake
snake
bones bleach and strike earth
with ruthless hope of winning
an age old struggle
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moths
moths
synthesize my death
singing me to a deep sleep
under a rock cliff
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flood
flood
again worlds circle
through yards on our fragile street
old dreams tumble through
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