a crescent deciphers the code
in its arms
and how do you spell a sigh
when the moon is
defined by its shadow
and silence is a verb
every time i talk
with it.. she
dances across the hemisphere
and pulls the pins out of
her hair
while the axles in her
ankles and the
transmission in her
lungs whirls inside
her body to
fling her at the sky.
"i'll be the world around you if
you promise
not to rocket ship
away"
it said as she stopped and,
breathing through her hair, she
slouched one side with a smile
and took the string to the kite of my heart,
its tail aflutter in the evening breeze.
oceans and
oceans and
oceans and
big water hold the continents apart...
but word has it i walk and keep talking
with the silent spelling
in my heart as
if by means of my moon-person eyes
i watch the sunrise
sweep across my world.
and with that i keep
watching
always watching
always watching,
stay watching her shine.
taking off your strings does not make you a real boy.
Friday, March 28, 2008
moon person
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