red

there were  nights

this   one

jewel'd  its merit

knifed  its thieves

harried  its subjects      the preferred one wept

his crying sheet

spurned by the field



hauling over air
its gulf  mist
buried  ocean  see
its spent tear
lambed by the fixed closet
its jesus prayed by
door wombed
feather
she's dictionary her
goose berry
her
goose
song
I've held timber
by
the fox night
rambler to any rambler
forest to any wooded terrace
not for millionaires



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