LXX. that's what it is

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like lolita deflowered; petals picked and teeth red as roses --
the honeycomb melts from your mouth
and i take a glance, catch it spinning on that grin
and i tie cherry knots with my tongue (i do).

i take those tiny white feathers from the daisy chains
of when i was a child.
i catch life over my shoulder in glimmering cuts:

i am not fresh shoot green anymore
but find a tinge of my child hues
in an infant smile in a garden:
the buttery yellows of our throats
and green of our knee joints knocking
like knuckles on the door of home.

(14/08/2017)

(14/08/2017)

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