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Civil Twilight

i hate a night as this
minutes turning as the fan
slow and back again
metronomic 
lives slipped past each other
spotlights on dark water
arc light dimming
tenebrous
murmured civilities
faucalized voices
whispers in a wine glass
monosyllabic
days years months
rusting like old coins 
forgotten in a sewer grate
mineralized
calendar of moments 
flying backward and away
burnt years like autumn's leaves
cold smouldered 
tannic blood alkali veined
sublimated heart
simmering on a soul's backburner
as I roll back over 
to this polar night

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016




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