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1

It's been bad lately, the wind

is fierce with no time to take it

easy; and all the blue sky doesn't help.

Flowers are just sprays of noise.

2

Do you fly kites?

3

What colors have meaning

when the landscape shifts sideways,

an abstraction smearing without a canvas.

4

the hands of trees tremble

as they bend their backs to the face

of the wind. The small leaves

are fearless in their youth.

5

A wild virulent call, low frequency

longing as desire rubs against need.

Discordant distress of a swollen

chemical urge, animalistic and unsympathetic.

6

My mouth is sore, like I have been chewing

twigs, stripping willow bark for the

analgesic effect, a little pain is worth

some relief. Splinters in my gums

to keep my tongue still

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