silence (impregnable)
shrieks, so long
muscles knot
around the heart
red
turns the midnight
hanged,
riddled beneath
limbs flail
- silence
- silent stars
impregnated silence
squeaks in moans
moans, so long, so hard
the earth beneath it cracks
tracked to its pit
and fire spits
Spit, Fire. Spit!
Burn this dross ...
burn all dross
from clean cruelty.
Let Black Sky
announce your birth.
We know your mother's name.
We watch your father's sons
graying ... graying ... graying
silently down south and up north, arms stretched
wide.
Burn, dross, burn!
Spilled blood fuels your pit with unearned forgiveness.
Burn off the hate from which you were born.
Spit
heaven's fragrance up.
God breathes
and exhales ...
fire!
(from The Nev)
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