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"Puzzle Stomped" Pieces scattered placed on a table with boundaries between the incarcerated margins there are strict conditions Time drips its wet connection each piece a stair fitted imperfectly perfect towards upwards new mirror reflection a cracked heart piercing the tear with savage dedication behind her veil the known Morpheus assails her compromised senses holding her captured behind the external view eyes blindfolded the blue sashes now let loose opening green windows to free the redressed vicissitudes to undress the crisp breeze of her monk chanting wake a new phantom arrives caressing secrets gambled on a fresh Delius composing his unfinished symphony he’s looking for her singular notes Somewhere, he stands behind her sharp as a needle, cutting tall poppy each step she takes towards her freedom gate In his hands he cups the hidden missing piece The sewing of pages she continues to bind in her sleep along a strong spine turning and folding stories uncommon ne'er sublime their spelt magic grows majestically spoilt seeded from a sweet perfume conducting intoxicating notes stories flying black-winged off all the slippery knaves and wax-sealed pages like ebony feathers mummerating starlings turn into suffocating dream stealing king crows smiling maces She the Smythsewer laying tenuous imprints for a new road home He the myth Beyond shakes the game board peace in pieces, a long forgotten song the chance card thrown the blanket of romance thundering over a stormy mind grows patch worked with glassed-in jarred ghost bees, the old puzzle of a story stomped on He places his feet firmly between hers closing in on time Beyond takes her hand And sensually whispers along all her fairest fears sweeping all pieces off her tattered story board fallen irretrievable forgotten left lacking on the harsh floor Cum dederit dilectis suis somnum, Ecce haereditas to the tune of fate there is so much more the words are sewn and sung the child in time fled long gone, as if all was pure fantasy destiny arrives supernaturally too soon Time for a new story He says darkly and swiftly closes Past’s door. (LadyLabyrinth / 2020)
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