Friday, September 15, 2023

Arrest

still hours make for jagged homes
spare and celibate guests ringing
followed by hours verging on being
yes home has shown us barren nights

all the shrunken desires grow fangs 
knocking scratching incessantly for entrance
where bewildered verses are encased
under these stories of muffled shrieking

so here halted in my house 
(and worse luck it’s locked from outside)
after these branching thoughts wheedle all night
tangled dangling by shoelaces i wait for morning

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