which was mostly able to limp
past the so-called wild-west phase but
never could embrace what one would
term civilization before
receding from the record, though
I am but a gala priest junior class
entrusted with certain songs who
with the ensi of this small state
have tried to add aspects of fig
and poppy to the flowering
of new tongues in the time of our
collapse as the wind chooses which
syllables will supply the feast and what
may one day pass to other voices
Tag: fig
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After the storm left cool air and a snack
of peanut butter and a fig now I’m
hungry again just thinking of it now
where was I going with no plan nothing
to wrap in some rhythmic finery orwhat passes for such yes I’m now running
out the clock as you guessed though we could turn
this thing around if we had the will to
reach into the bush braving blood forsmall berries that might by now be ripe
though hard experience has taught us that
turns around the old neighborhood turn nothings around and the last bump that kept you
up still lurks in the cold sweat of your back
other animals 