Saturday, December 22, 2012

December (2011)

At the end of the year
trees, stripped, rattle
My breath, when it comes,
rattles
Bones can splinter

Out in the wild,
eyes slits in the wind,
I walk thick
ropy tree roots
over cold rivers
The white sun
floods stone forests
I eat handfuls of red berries,
burst veins and slurp
old blood
  
Still I am asleep to God
  
Nights
the moon is no mother
The stars shrink back

I fear sleep more than death

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