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PALEO PAIR

PALEO PAIR Hands rapturously slashing satori Bang ! Light released filter down bats brushed skin to fly knowingly low then water gushed through cracks snakes spiders scorpions were our toes stones spoke in bugle sound as Sun set in whirlwinds the cave was nowhere yet everywhere Beethoven’s symphonies were shadows future written on our vacant palms but to prior walk with Harry the Strandloper was an unspoken intent by ONE for beloved paleo duo Khoisan shores we were profoundly to absorb adorned with seashell bracelets before on velvet concert seats to sit enraptured no thoughts tornado continents waiting our ignited hearts unnamed species answered spotted spaces with wise wind through shafts in darkness protected our irises reflecting stalactite dolomite dynamite anchovy offering themselves our hunger appeased we were the power cycles the compass receiver and giver abundant advantage celebration betrayal protection or Divine intervention were unknown variables not yet defined ~ a oneness merging with heather whispering as red dust make cave patterns pore voices faraway clamped our knees we had no idea it was shackles of Bastille through time tunnels terrible vacant minds a pair just Sky Earth us cave wolves bears Fire ! then womb lustily grew and grew berries and tubers fat nipples started leaking crows cackled she was born in running River pinking water cord to trout we fed who offered us their white flesh in turn Sun roared into navel in and out, up and down cave walls slapping Spring to bring Heart expanded lungs metallic sounds sung a hammer forged to chop stone singular swallows still equalled human tribes not flocks harmonious fly my eyes pushed out his to flush awake nostrils flared flaked slowly Darkness dragons dissolved paleo pair evolved

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