fish's tail --
porculpa porculpa
mea culpa and recover; gilded green word
and this fish's paws
glistening and clawing
at that Other world.
God breaks my heart and you break my heart with that smile on your face and by God, my God -- i am away and you are far away from me --
and your life is a better flesh than mine is, the weight of me is like a quietus
in his bones.
my fish's tail, no earthly toes
to plant her still; so floundering
she pounces on the air
(and i still believe i broke [her] down.)
culpameaculpameaculpamea
"sometimes i wish you would hit me, scold me, tell me how bad i am -- how much i deserve the shame."
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THE OCEAN
Puisi'In the old days at home the Neverland had always begun to look a little dark and threatening by bedtime. Then unexplored patches arose in it and spread, black shadows moved about in them, the roar of the beasts of prey was quite different now, and...
