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end of the year

crumbs at the bottom

of the honey jar

end of the year

we straighten up

the rugs

end of the year

what to do with all

these red leaves

end of the year

maybe that will

suffice

end of the year

she says let’s leave

up the mistletoe

12/30/18

it’s a kind of light leaf shadows

the cats the way they are with cats

casting a shadow on

the ceiling a crane fly

stuck to the bulb

across the valley

controlled burns

converge

I didn’t miscalculate I was just incorrect

and then we can read about Mars she says

internal

formulary

of the silent beach

(private echoes)

verbal silhouette

flutters

off the tongue

(hollow moon)

gentle

information

wound

(opium syntax)

pin

the flesh

parchment

(archaic signal)

eye of light

and

heart of shade

(ritual indication)

sublime doctrine

of

the glass dice

(retina concentrates)

the bone

lips

rattle

(warm maze)

intone

the mirror

ceremony

(silent ice)