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SUNDAY PRAYER, clxxxv
(performed by Melissa Ahern)
time & time again
there is a good hurt to be had
out of the ribbons in the woodwork
when your horoscope is blank
as a bullet, as a sun
as a hand inside the lobster tank
my heart sank and it's still sinking
all the while i am thinking
i am, i am
time & time again
i am the fire breather's friend
as we are walking in the red leaves
of the trees growing through the concrete here
he asked if i was scared
when there is nothing to be scared of
like of growth, or of love
i said i wasn't
he said he was
but you're a birthday,
deep with the dayshine
from dusk to moonbreak,
the dust of keepsakes
time & time again, i am i am
das - purchase, new york, u.s.a.