12.26.2009

[Throughout The Poem]

Throughout the poem
there are pauses,
like right before a storm,

too ghastly to explain,
or not at all. Safety exists
within sorrow--

how I have felt this knotted quilt
flapping over my heart
like a wind-blown bed-sheet

hanging out to dry
blowing in the oceanic wind,
like the arched back of a woman,

the weight of a puzzle, a fire
kindling, clothed by your
backbone, bright as silver.




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