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burrow

one by one

‘tween finger and thumb

 

I pull each light from the sky

 

switch all systems to sound

engage rotors through burial mound

 

and it’s back through the tunnels I go...

 

the weeks from now

will run down to days

and one by one

I’ll erase all the ways that I’ve been

 

and not long from now

not even I will remember

the weave and wend of my paths

 

on and on just like this

all my time and history goes

 

blindly displacing the past

into the earth from which it arose

🌷(8)

◄ Corpus Aurum

beyond the pale (artefacts repurposed) ►

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Landi Cruz

Mon 6th May 2024 14:51

Thanks for the comment, David.

It does feel like I'm starting up my engines.

Again.

Every 4 to 7 years, my lifestyle seems to go through some sort of major overhaul. In ways, it's been good for my personal development; in other ways, very damaging. I've learned to gauge myself and others because I've had to become very observant. But, I've also learned to spare myself the drama of personal relationships.

Unlearning that skill might prove to be impossible...

Frankly, I'm exhausted. But then, I always say that as it becomes apparent that the time has come again to pack it all up--there really is good reason to keep the load light.

Where does it end?

I know the answer 🌷

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David RL Moore

Mon 6th May 2024 07:44

A kind of blade runneresque beginning which I like, the cockpit checks prior to a journey to obliterate the past.

The final line neatly describes the often futile meaningless nature of things...like digging holes and filling them in endlessly for no apparent reason.

David

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