burn all the baby clothes /
bright enough for the ISS to blink /
like an early solstice /
pushing back against restful sleep /
the blinds lose their colour /
a yellowy bleach bloom outside /
trying to peer through the fabric /
children are so last season /
a tired shade of black /
dusted with a fine skin of dust /
there actually may not be a need for people /
crimping back the lids on their eyes everyday /
letting what was seen saw skate softly over the orb /
I would gladly suck the poison out /
leaving a tiny, clean sphere unblemished by our single pupil
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