By the guppy
Date: 15 October 2000
magic
benign
gin and faustus' sin
abracadabra
stretched white lace across your skin
i'll meet you in the hiccup from whence you came
and twirl back our rolling tongues
from blurting out
devil and angel's name
ninepin heroine
van winkle me forward
frame by frame for your viewing
and my amused dreaming
it's a hot pause i caught you in
between breaths
lotus laughter
craving the breast spilt milk
of immobile youth
lapping your faucets clean
and straining
with cramped tongue
against the flood of flowing promise
i'd place that growth benign
and pressure test secure it
'til it ceases
be it desperation laced mumbled words of this spell
or just fake familiarity
i'm lucid
despite the celestial and infernal
despite the length of stop-motion slumber
i'm lucid
and immune to incantations of my own
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