a stout bottle of wine
and the box
with hibiscus stains
and an earthy scent
strung into its surfacepoetry books
stacked in
beautifully disordered patterns
like a windmill
of my literaturepeppermint tea
in ceramic coffeetally marks on
cotton screens
paint streaming down
rich trees
and choking from the soft prose

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Poesiain the plethora of pornography options for the modern saint [Poetry #51] [2015]