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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Orphaned (1990)

Orphaned now in the candle zone

the lush blister reunites the prisoner

of time with his own house

on a private beach

that will never be real

his eyes give him away

busy and productive actors

still talking nonsense

the future is not true

the bitter end is not the end

we perish in our own lullabies

left with our last words

we become the moon's hostages

our eyes the color of mud

disappearing beneath our feet

it is time we took off our masks

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1 comment:

Lisa said...

Truly Beautiful...