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crimson vegetables, no-- fruits, on aching
vines- spines pulled
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the kind that clings to my shovel, desperately ties
itself to my cuticles and breaks
with a scream- no breaks
and whimpers with a million tiny voices, just out of sleep.
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together like an intestine- soil aches
like a full stomach. And in this full full land,
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together with the ghost of a fitted sheet. Your hands tie
a knot at my bellybutton, pulling
me in on myself. I’ll put up with the aching,
break
a rib just to get close in our shared sleep
Upon mattress, upon floor, upon foundation, upon land.
At night, the moon smears charcoal on the land-
With the hands of lonely artist, tying
shadows to maples while they sleep,
To keep them from leaving. The light pulls
my eyelids apart, breaking
semblance of rest. The ache
of a dream is fresh in my mind like the raw ache
of battered fruits on the ground, broken
apple skins bleeding and tied
up in blades of grass that pull
them into a decay-like sleep.
They retreat back into the land.
And in return, it consumes them whole.