The twister in the field floated to the house
all the frames dented and I could see the demented look in our mother’s eye
the water melted and the doorknobs cracked
our spines twist with newfound vigor
.
Hair whipping an ellipse on your face, your laughs are chokes of melancholy
is every tree I see directly above me?
when a leaf falls on you, you move the clock hands
you don’t see what you’re doing, the sleep is clogging your eyes
.
This morning you took two steps onto the patio. Then, your right foot moved first, you stepped onto the second stone in the grass
almost immediately, you both collapsed.
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