| Pulsing Cicadas emboss Sunflowers Trapunto,over dusty tired ivies Helios’Chariot chars burgundy Dahlias unraveling their light. Pastel Hibiscus wilt beyond bleached Rose. Stiff reefs of electric Globe Thistle lap by parched grasses. Geranium beams roast Baby’s Breath Foxglove,Echinacea While molten smoldering Petunias pierce through,over and over. Hummingbird by Wilco (Jeff Tweedy songwriter) his goal in life was to be an echo riding alone,town after town,toll after toll a fixed bayonet through the great southwest to forget her she appears in his dreams but in his car,and in his arms a dream could mean anything a cheap sunset on [...] There are places he’d rather not go,closets where clothes are too tight,pants with belt buckles which still latch to the shortest length,but now he can’t hold his breath that long anymore. He wants to be padded with Pillsbury dough,something to grab when hands are available to grope his half century [...] The candle in my lantern burns days,years and nights. Thoughts of being lost flickers the flame to fright. Memories of my lover’s pale,musky loins sways its pointy tip to dizziness with swoons of rapturous flights. The idea of his demise nearly strips the spirit off its wick. So I soften to pictures [...] The pale cirrus flower glows by night under a platinum moon. It shines as my sleepless sighs exhale anguished air across its feathered wings,fluttering grief over the evaporated dream of your love. Briefly,the ghostly bloom grows a follicle filled with fresh pomegranate juice,whose ripe,succulent,mouthwatering kisses fade in dawn’s cool [...] | |
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