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Portal

Barely a arms throw away
from where you walked
the lights holds it own
to the darkness
leading to another world

oiling over the distance
like a door nailed open
at the edge of the forest
blowing a soft tease of a kiss
at the edge of your thoughts

peeling the darkness from behind
in a beauty in near silence
cherry-picking the moment
leading a different way out
to the way you enter...

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Brown Velvet

just at dusk I draw them

to keep out falling night

I wanted maroon or grey

she usually won the fight

 

brown velvet inspired her

reminded her of school

she'd sat on it many times

it covered her class stool

 

portal of pleated shrouds

hanging before my gaze

mourns that freezing night

a phantom crimson haze

 

they ought to come down

the fabric frames h...

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