Put a Fragile Tag On It
PUT A FRAGILE TAG
diluvial rain sounding humble washed the snow –
an irritation of the mind in the night of mud
words rolled – rushed spring rivers
waving the lines of a known trail
red spots burned behind the eyelids
clenched teeth until the cheeks’ muscles hurt
paired nights that pained the ego with agony
of making love in the rhythm of a prayer –
just a cursed karma on the cross
shivered body –
the flesh decayed eggplant black –
liquids drained in circles
humiliating me with knowledge and expectations
in the penumbra of a stone – not even a cross –
scrambled ashes cloud me
in a lighter side of banality relearned my fingerprints
carved my stone with a pen –
a fantasy of laughing and crying mother
with a moon like a pirate flag without wind.
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