Wednesday, August 14, 2019

No Lie Valentine

We call it getting old
But it's just dying
No time for self-delusion
Or kinder kinds of lying
Not for no reason
Is fall my favorite season
The heart's true spring
The crying out of all its aliments
Color-coded as the doctor's
Hands remove my clothes
Exposing the clarity of winter
In my summery bones
I feel riddled with bullets
Like snowflakes falling
While my soul leaps out

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