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Spinning white flashes
lets darlings glimpse
on burning horizons
and hills under painted bricks
and light that falls
at incredible speeds
and pain to break spines
and bring down to knees
just turn yourself on and move
fingers on wooden beads
on an infinite circle
string on a rosary

Each small prayer muttered
through holes in black space
and tongues twisted and choking
how full of grace
down railings and stairs 
bushes with white flowers sway
by bruised purple tulips
after sun, after day
the garden she sewed
with softness and love
the blessed rose chrysalis
the color of blood

All these unfurl 
in the shattered cement womb
under shadows of high-rises
to feel like tomb
my soul’s companion
breathing can be hard
lungs will not heave
under death’s black star
drifting directions
simple bright lines
will take you away
take gently your time

For you, I am all open
in nighttime and day
from my first crying breath
to the stone on my grave
from my first steady stair 
to my soul’s darkest place
Mother mary, bless her
feel love’s embrace
in years to come
she’ll rearrange, good earth
and live again here
through other birth

The veins on her hands
and the bruises on her shins
I don't regret that I've lived in her tree-trunk eyes
And I don't think it's true
That I can lift these chains
Cause I'll always see pictures of your...
Your iodine skin
Your iodine skin....

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from Silver Plane Crucifix, released November 29, 2013

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Born of long hot neighborhood summers, of windows, of long hot summer nights

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