Tuesday, July 27, 2010

St. Panteleon (invoked against headaches)


all I can think about

is the way your face

hit the pavement.


poppies bloomed

from your knees

and all the world


caught a glimpse

of those bruises

like violets


on the backs

of your thighs.


this is not the way

I would prefer to dream.


I knew I was dreaming

because milk flowed


where blood should be.

your body promised me

this couldn’t possibly


be real.


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