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same patient face that bristles when closeness is still too far. Light finds us, playing into each other the
— PLATE L —
wrestler and the heel. Nudging along it is a pressure that mounts in climax that is wound back over past
— PLATE LI —
were we began, and so, why can I see it from here as it pressed against my cheek? The time strafes into
— PLATE LII —
side alleys that maze and wind. Until it is called back in a snap, missing no beat and lashing me raw. That
— PLATE LIII —
one grating Spring, snarling in the back of my neck, bears little resemblance this time around, as heat
— PLATE LIV —
swells and thoughts gather in pairs I reach for another, more plump and sour, wear down the sweetness
— PLATE LV —
of its juice between my gums and swish the mixture down into my gut. For it to grow and root itself,
— PLATE LVI —
caging in hearty sprouts and mending some injuries from a loathsome diet. Coating the grime and
— PLATE LVII —
plaque with acid hold, eventually replacing the thick paste that hardened to ulcers that I can feel rasp
— PLATE LVIII —
against the drink and the food I consume, along with the air I was too greedy to leave around unclaimed.
— PLATE LIX —
Claim your burden, leave me to mine, leave me in my boils and my pest. Glow elsewhere. It burns more
— PLATE LX —
than shines. It's left scathing the surfaces that you neared. That shimmer has wilted this fair pine and
— PLATE LXI —
lessened its allure. No more oak than a crisp. Have you never noticed that the water dries with your
— PLATE LXII —
approach, or were you too proud of the reflection you left against the glassy shores bordering violent
— PLATE LXIII —
waters. Sheepishly I could follow that, i wanted what you had from what you had taken and devised a
— PLATE LXIV —
plan that might grant me a freed blaze flayed from the furnace. So i lured, and rocked in lossed dominion
