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or a collapse of self, girls like Sophie love
romance, and never mind if you tell them
to shut up and spread their heart again.


Straw Man

I do not remember balance,
the standing.
I am scarecrow-still
as black birds torture my eyes,
sit on my head in defiance
of all sanity and rule
with my arms and their bending,
salvation from wicked wings,
stuffed and straight.

***


I never flew, did not ever want
to fly, never hoped to ever fly,
never even wanted to hope
to fly, but

I want to bend my arms again,
want to reach my fingers out
and feel them twitch and tremble
as they touch the skies
of your face.

I want to come to you oiled
when you call, inviting me
to share the motions and flight
of your bed and dreams,
and script secrets