let's talk about fingers, spindly and raw

Let’s talk about fingers, spindly and raw

about fingertips: pearled, light as petals.

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There is a ringing in the air as you reach

to tear down the rafters: brown fingers, red wood.

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Deep in the heart of your mouth there is an egg

: and it is popping, and it is popping: you reach in

to pull it out with your fingertips

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against the skeletal light drifting through the barn

there is a silence and your fingers move listlessly

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What animal sang out, one swift sharp sweet note

through the morning, into your palm, freezing your hand,

fingers open & flung out like a flower

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And the barn that is red, and your mans hands

and autumn erupting against the walls: you will tear at nothing

with your fingers

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nothing but silence falls around us

you trail your fingers through the dust, leaving strokes, leaving.