an image of her lying still

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an image of her lying still

       

VII

here

in a shallow bed

you shall lay down

as mother gaia

to many children:

ours

        

above

the ground was red

slick, damp, wet

like your face

and over the earth

i'd strewn

a bitter rain

of watermelon seeds

     

    

so you can

breathe life into them

as you untangle from yourself

as you always wished

    

      

and you will be returned to me

as fresh leaves bursting

greeting me with

tendrils coiled around my fingers:

the calming green of forever

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