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By CAPublished 4 years ago • Updated 4 years ago • 1 min read

emptiness, but for

the icy ink of living

written rivers, more

history than poetry

wry smile of breathing

draped from nape nose to ear lobe

what must this have been

when, aged (spirit mint) woolen

never read, nor when

spoken, thin time folding in

topography

, more than relief

-ca

surreal poetry

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CA

Sound Engineer, Poet, sometimes-composer.

"Tell all the truth but tell it slant" - Emily Dickinson.

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    Written by CA