thirty five. Nightlight

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flicked switch: nightlight
scatters soft orange elephant tusks
on the walls. mrs darling cries
and fills her three daughters
with remorse for the granite roses on the wall —

my throat is sore
as i squeeze her hand: the nails
are tender for they might fall off soon,
and i sense death
in a numb daydream of a window
opened — hers, mine, perhaps ours in a nimbus

my throat is sore as i squeeze her hand: the nails are tender for they might fall off soon,and i sense deathin a numb daydream of a window opened — hers, mine, perhaps ours in a nimbus

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(22/12/2017)

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