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June 28th, 2009


SUNDAY PRAYER, clxviii


time & time again

so white this truth a snow of tears

slow as honey is this fear

and in it years by thousands drown

you breathe its ants into your lungs

it hangs you from your humdrum thumbs 

mystery guest, feaster of crumbs

easter played you like a gun

i am i am


time & time again

my sadness perched upon the sunshine

is a fool, is an impostor

in the summertime a midnight rooster

blue sky brush fire

everyone a nun for hire

mystery guest, treasure chest

all in all & all the rest

i am i am


but you're a birthday,

deep with the dayshine

dusk to a moonbreak,

the dust of keepsakes


time & time again, i am i am



das - vermillion, south dakota, u.s.a.