ELECTRIC MAMA CONSIDERS HER BAD REPUTATION

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fevers a confession

like a snake remembering

its motion,

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like the distance between

lovers mediated

by a high moon.

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While everyone was busy

Building their skeletons into homes we walked

through weeks and weeks of bending evergreens. Paused

and poisoned.  

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We are half holy when we forget to rest.

Goodnight baby. Amen. You were born to

be my camera.