Circling tremor beneath
The flowers
Pulling, sucking at the roots
Waxen petals
Blend
With Dirt
Intone the musical whisper
Of your gut
Especially because you think it
Ugly, unknowable, naked
You must
Descend the hearth steps
Brick
Stone
Earth
Where Nothing
Drips
Fingertips
Lick dry lips
The table’s arranged
Don’t let slip
The infinite secret song
This aspect is
Barefoot-tender
Step and step
We can cross...
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