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saartha

Published: May 9, 2011

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April 26, 2011

He is in love with me,
this young man. I think him
into a low beast, his voice
nothing but animal chuffs.

He becomes as I
have always been.

April 29, 2011

The follicles of water
spring up
from the fountain.

I can only remember
remembering it, Rome
growing like a weed
in its own ruins. The molted husk
of the Coliseum, the pope's
off-key sermon. The pope's
gaudy tomb.

The roiling millions.

Leaving, it all falls away. Just
this remains:
the baby-faced policeman,
arm out, eyes skyward,
obviously wishing
to be anywhere else.

April 30, 2011

The caves hold everything,
there in the heart.
Leaning back, fat
with fondness for it all,
dandled
on the knees of God
or Universe
or whatever

I am soft, so soft,
boneless and scarcely
breathing, limp as a cat

in the face of God
in the ear of God
I say

without you
and within me
I am lambent.

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See [link] for days 1 through 9, [link] for days 10 through 14, [link] for days 15 through 17, and [link] for days 18 through 23.

April 26: I really just can not stand it when people like me. It is a burden.
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April 30: Be there God or none, I am enough.