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SUNDAY PRAYER, cxc
time & time again
flush the fish, put the dog to sleep
hold what you cannot keep
a gaunt moon wastes away,
and soon he will be free.
i sow what i cannot reap
i drag my bag of bones out of bed,
and vacuum up the dead cobwebs
from my bone turret with two eyes
a pile of knights dead outside
my midnight hair like ivy climbed
but would not hold their weight
in my heart of hearts, my cave of caves
i wanted you to save me
when i was raped, when i was molested.
i did not scream. i did not protest it.
i am i am.
you are a birthday,
deep with the dayshine
from dusk to moonbreak,
the dust of keepsakes
time & time again, i am i am
das - athens, georgia, u.s.a.