01/22:POC

The Storyteller

Her voice sounds warm like a fire without the crackle, like wood without knots and grains that flow out from the heartwood in gentle waves like rolling hills. She speaks while the radio crackles and the warbled voices stumble about in the blue background of warm noise. She speaks in a language I can’t understand Or don’t understand, or just don’t feel like understanding. All the better to simply listen to the music of her…

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01/22:POC

Snowfall

Snow falls heavy on my shoulders these nights, I feel (if I can say) Like a frozen Atlas shivering at the top of the world Bearing the weight of a thousand clouds, A thousand tears, None warm. Snow falls heavy on my head these nights, I feel (if I should say) As though I wear a crown cast in ice, Or just some weight in the shape of a crown, Without plating or pearls, Only…

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