anemic

will wonders never cease
diminishing breaths upon release
while the irises shrivel
and struggle
far beneath
frozen
anemic
earthen
heath
will ceaseless wonders ever reach
my clutching mirrored briar wreath
upon the ochre brazen leaf
seabirdfeather
pinioned
teeth
will night mare rearing
ever leach
the sapping sorrowriven beach
foaming
rabid
sultry
screech
the oceanic tide
has much to teach
and wonderment
can never reach
the iris deep beneath
the frostheave bursting
from
each
stillborn seashell
barren beach

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elliptical
evening accelerates
and nauseous narrow-
fingered fates
weave perpendicular
and poisoned straits
the current cuts
and closes
over
the summer fields
of browning clover
could the twilight hope
to hover
with
serpent-winged lover
hieroglyphic
apocalyptic
evening of another
when you wish upon a star
the life you cherish spinning far
alone above the pulsing
eye
of love’s last treasurelessgoodbye
does not matter
who you are
twilight falls from
star
to
star