it’s raining fresh
jellyfish
,

and each sting
brings

greater depth of
clarity

umbrella may
keep eyes
dry

but won’t
save
me,

pins find my
skin

thru thinnin’
canvas

like they know
where each
tender
spot
is.

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won’t run from
“bad guys”,

i’ll simply
mosey

and hope the path
ahead stays
rosy
,

i hear footsteps
quick

rush by in a
flurry,

left back with bees
and flowers,

only problem yet
pressing..

which to
pick?

..in no great
hurry,

savoring
hours
.

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chrysalis has
thinned
..

a skin or
two

thrust half
formed

wings from
torpor

sprung to
flight

on starless
eve..

radar scoping out
frontiers.

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alas, i can’t spar
darling..

not in a state
like this-

i’m the tilting
tower..

not vine scaling
prince-

summon
still..

i’ll come running
like peasant
to your
sill-

for
sweetheart..

i can’t take
a hint.

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a passion, poisoned-
must spit to
get it
out-

tame desires turned
dangerous,

be
predictable..

or
courageous?

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dreamt of chicago
again,

with red
pen-

crossing off
blues,

but will chicago
dream of
me?

“sorry, man..” croons
on sufjan,

that letter, never mailed .

to sweetheart of
white veil,

i rue in cab
she’d..

dare not
hail

through these
shards of
town,

but chicago follwed
me home
so..

I’d not sleep
alone.

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let’s crawl back
from day’s
end..

scrawled back to dearest
boyhood friend,

we played
house-

i was mother,
she acted
dad,

we stayed fluid
in roles of
spouse-

and worked our
issues
out.

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