...................
Substance ................................
Riboflavin,
................................
dioxy
................................
ribonucleic
................................
acid, bili
................................
rubin, hemo
................................
globin
................................
................................
can't
................................
but
................................
half describe
................................
................................
what
................................
wonderdust
................................
we're made of.
................................
................................
What's
................................
the atomic weight
................................
of empathy?
................................
Show me a gram stain
................................
plate of reverence or an
................................
x-ray of delight
................................
................................
and who can
................................
draw a tube of love
................................
or an MRI of mirth;
................................
we're creatures slippery
................................
with indefinable
................................
plasmas ................................
worn from ................................
................................
................................
birth.
....................
Missing ................................
Ate turkey
................................
at friend's house.
................................
Children crawling,
................................
running
................................
................................
everywhere
................................
................................
whooping joy
................................
and did I watch
................................
the parade-
................................
................................
I didn't. Burrowed
................................
into pillows
................................
long as I could,
................................
and dreamed of
................................
summer. They
................................
like
................................
summer
................................
................................
they said,
................................
and paged through
................................
catalogs of
................................
toys
................................
they want for
................................
Christmas.
................................
................................
I won't be
................................
buying toys,
................................
or picking up
................................
mismatched
................................
socks, or cooking anything
................................
to a tenderness
................................
so soft
................................
its wings fall off.
................................
................................
The warmth I have
................................
is from sky
................................
in summer
................................
not here
................................
beside me-
................................
................................
burning in little bosoms
................................
out through
................................
eyes so blue it really makes the
................................
heart hurt.
...................
Unemptied ................................
................................
The gutters
................................
are full.
................................
................................
The rain
................................
has nowhere to go
................................
but over the sides
................................
the heavy,
................................
snow
................................
rain
................................
................................
falling in curtains
................................
of freeze
................................
................................
plop ................................
plopping ................................
................................
in the
................................
alleyway, running
................................
from one corner
................................
of the eaves
................................
................................
just like a heart
................................
................................
unemptied
................................
of
................................
what went before
................................
................................
unable to let the new
................................
flow through
................................
................................
and
................................
making
................................
such a
................................
noise.
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