5 Jan 2011

keep sliding, brother.
keep on and with it.
every star stabbing a tender keyhole
                             into our blanket.
loose tongue tangle and lashing
          together some beast
             of urban reply.
at least a machine humming
softly in a warm corner..
waiting..
calling for touch, but
     knowing no sensation.
set it all on fire anyway, brother.
burn those paper voices.
paint your face with ash.
smile at the cinders.
and be transformed.
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March 23, 2016 at 4:28 AM
Sounds like a sister at the end... Awesome poem . Linda
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