Wednesday, October 28, 2009

dont leave

I don't feel
the paper-thin
bleached wafer-wings anymore-
wilted, turned to dust
that a housekeeper sweeps
out from under a bureau
in the corner of my old room.

Green drapes, deep with
must, soaked in
time, lurk in the windows

-they'll never let me go.

i dont want them to.

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