things are everywhere /
the plan is to not stop sleeping /
things in dreams are never met the same way twice /
that new house on Sheffield Drive is death /
that new vehicle upgrade is also death /
that new pine sideboard is also death /
that new lab grown necklace is also death /
buy me nothing on every occasion /
steal all the raw materials /
especially the ones that are known carcinogenic /
Christmas will fail this year /
the presents are still unassembled /
in their open pit mines /
flickering their parts in the in the dirt at night /
lead me along the river bank /
blissfully aware of the slap of the rushes /
cleansing the skin of any notions /
other than skin
weep for the children who see things for the first time /
line, space, colour /
their little hearts calm /
blinking steadily in warmed wonder /
when is the last day for us? /
your face seeing time and timelessness /
that soft smile still /
holding me across whatever invisible border /
I must skip across /
our love adding to the space between things /
at best, driving a world between worlds /
and that word we have /
damning all future lovers /
who walk too slowly towards the silence
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