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a dead yew leaf
pearly bubbles and
a torn rachis of moss
(Red, tiny princess dear
now above the bottom in the deep
dances, yes she dances all alone
only with a yellow fluff;
no, but soon, it’ll be soon,
up she’ll come in no time at all)
The red annelid dancer
with two pointed ears,
each metamere, phosphorescent, coral,
correctly adorned with a pearly button,
turns round and round, pirouetting
— Jun 17, 2020 02:13PM
pearly bubbles and
a torn rachis of moss
(Red, tiny princess dear
now above the bottom in the deep
dances, yes she dances all alone
only with a yellow fluff;
no, but soon, it’ll be soon,
up she’ll come in no time at all)
The red annelid dancer
with two pointed ears,
each metamere, phosphorescent, coral,
correctly adorned with a pearly button,
turns round and round, pirouetting
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Today my forehead dark,
I can’t even look straight at the crows.
My sister, just about now
in a cold gloomy bronze-hued ward,
begins to be burnt by transparent rosy fire.
Truly, though, sister,
today I too feel weighed down, terrible,
so I won’t pick up willow flowers and come.
3/20/1922
— Jun 16, 2020 05:17PM
Today my forehead dark,
I can’t even look straight at the crows.
My sister, just about now
in a cold gloomy bronze-hued ward,
begins to be burnt by transparent rosy fire.
Truly, though, sister,
today I too feel weighed down, terrible,
so I won’t pick up willow flowers and come.
3/20/1922
