the barn

the barn stood before the children, a monumental artifact, a slant tower; i learned years ago that these are the best places for those inclined toward reaching the moon and it was not long before they had discovered a point of entry where they might crawl beneath it, small enough to walk on their haunches being half the height they'll be in 10 years my little miners...

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the kingdom of daniel

hear this psalm about the spirit of the days when we were boys on the wing: he came to me from a distance and we raised a kingdom here out of the salt of our skins he brought with him a fire that lit this cold corner and led me to knowledge he bowed to no king. he feared no man. he slung against my oppressors he sang the songs of a past generation; he sang stevie and marvin...

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the hymn of a temple, this woman

i write a hymn for love about a temple, this woman whose womb was once the dwelling place of certain elegant souls made flesh by her fire the water that splits the rock envies the woman who dances in harmony with the sun and earth most anything can tear the fabric shatter the bone or bring down the wall but no greater power exists than that which can forge a life a...

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they want i be an angel

they want i be an angel in this world, which is my own defined heaven of soil and air; water and flesh but which shall they want? one of the celestial seraphs pure and six-winged? to place that hot coal against the lips of all those sinners to atone their sins? i'd rather not to be honest be anything anyone wants but instead be a girl which is plainly good and perfectly...

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