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the wasps start their lawless vibrations, the purple finch clears her throat, the japanese eggplant is wrinkled after a cloudburst early this morning.a veteran branch tests gravity and surrenders midair like an honorable pilot, it swallows mud upon landing a few yards from elijah's vegetable garden.the tire swing collapses after fifteen faithful summers.

i have stepped outside,absorbed the roots                        of december last week i nested indian                               style in the shower reminiscing the womb                    i have traced my finger over                                the arms of addled men                            with distinct patinas like the granite                        glitter i greeted with relief                           (i had lacked proper shoes                       2 miles uphill) and my only                        accouterments were a hangover                    and the craving to divorce                           the bricks tha...

quinceañera salsa her skirt dances faster than her feet

the sky moonless and drumming with black lungs and breaths from her chest -a field of lava rocks surrenders to rain

between fingers a young galaxy intimate and fluid blossoms

suddenly!      she explains, a bed of dahlias is flattened by a failing pilot.

a country road is splotched and bruised with autumn slush, the remains are warm and simmer patiently -       in the distance,        a cluster of geese        hesitate        to cross.

the ground is chilled and turning blonde moth-like wisps weave through birches in the primeval thicket, the trees are papery and crisp with swollen knuckles that peel loosely, pouches of snow gather and swell like teabags or tiny mountains.