10 October 2011

the simpler life


lucy cured lonelieness

         in the sand

        with a branch

she had to

what’s changed
age
      forgiveness
that virtuous luxury

honor

is an only child
it’s foolish
              but fine
         and

looks mean everything

         the simpler life

cotton wool
      cement
eitzel
      recompense

a sacred charge
from the lord
      a binding contract
where
      half is never half
unless

         it has to be
                                                                                             
sounds like laughing
                                                                 from a distance

we didn’t get along when she was alive
but things are different
                        when you die

i know what a woman at the top of a staircase means
      toeing worn wood
staring at saving grace
      the last line
the seized ships
      ruby      red      lips







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