Requires a few reads, Jill. Still not sure of it but I like water seeping out of the world and that downpipe has stayed with me for some reason, that and possums huffing.
Bill
On 04/09/2013, at 12:49 PM, Jill Jones wrote:
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> THE HANDLE, BROKEN
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> The yard full of dark and the rabbit’s eye
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> How does light get through the day
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> Flaring and the metal cools under the tendril
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> ivy, all the weeds holding their poison
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> The next door children crying, are a hobby
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> Even the ravens are chased away
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> The possums huffing in branches above
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> But who are pests, the yearly caterpillars
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> crossing paths, here’s the corrosion
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> in the downpipe flaking easily, water
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> seeps out of the world, clouds look dark
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> and scattered, smoking
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> JJ
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