there.

 

Chad Lietz

from Fallow

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            —wingcrackt

chrysalis we live w/ in
this selfspun change

the knowledge of a coming
turn & tight close around
our new wet colors

prismed through the bramble
facets of the briar (we live w/

                                                Maya: brother/mother/the same)

                                                                        nautilus horn
                                                                        ground down to

                                                                        calcite or
                                                                        earthfuel

                        Twist slow, tight
                        inside yr pendulous
                        present—this
                        moment meant
                        for end &
                        begin again

where petals curl
around a center
spot of hairy yellow

wagging pistils in her
milkbun glow, leaves

branch from stalk & extend
this present baldfaced to assume

soak up this every-sun:

                                                world of
                                                appearance
                                                titles frac
                                                tured light

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