stonepoem : poems & poetry

These
      are
           the
                many
                     standing
                           parallel
                                    like
                                snakepine
                              bones
                           or
                        druid
                      stones
                       in
                         landslip
                                 line
                                    these
                                             are
                                                   the
                                                  sleepers
                                                      laid
                                                with
                                          fingers
                                    like
                              matchstick
                        burns
                  and
            dry-clench
                  knots
           in
      twisted
twine
      these
            are
                  they
                          that
                               mark
                                    the
                                          complex
                                                track
                                                   that
                                                   shape
                                                   the
                                               pensive
                                            oxbow
                                         slack
                                    so
                              stand
                           and
                            contemplate
                               the
                                    end
                                       so
                                         push
                                       away
                                         the
                                            first
                                                 to
                                                   learn;
                                                 there
                                            are
                                         many
                                             many
                                                 folds
                                                      to
                                                               you
                                                               and
                                                               I. 

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