Poetry

Unfading [Poem]

dances      
swirls on spiraled staircases       sips       on sun flowered
water.     I am here with you           victorious   

a guitar made of telephone wire

reaching &
yes
remembering facts that dance with color
that breathe shades & hues & vibrate
sing

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The phone rang, but I couldn’t answer
There were clouds of smoke
curling around my head
I was only real when I 
touched myself.

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