“Two Blushes”
Let’s watch the leaves freeze
from a swing on the porch.
When the chips fall down,
pray for confetti,
the long rope,
the witch’s twitching toes.
Have you forgotten how to inhabit a torso?
Forgive a million candelabras
forgive me this recipe
of dressing gowns, blue thorns.
There’s poison in the mattress
your negligee
caused a sparrow to crack asunder.
Will this blood leave behind its shadow?
Will you fall in love with me next door?
A dying demon falls forever
through outer space
past the hidden planets.
nicholauspatnaude 
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