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This Is a Painting on Black Velvet

My tears stay discrete

       like a cascade

               of empty frog spawn

                       the light on them

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A harsh moon

       each globule germinates

               a jungle        a mountain

                       an Amazon River

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Hey wolves! where

       were you when I needed you?

               hunted into depths of twilight

                       and now it's over

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                                                What fun it is to laugh and sing

                                       a slaying song tonight

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Wherever you are

        say you'll never leave me

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