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Lantern
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2025 color the small one
light the light when I don’t need you
bring a fever
why is this racehorse the only thing in my head
why is this governing bringing me back to life
I learned how to hold a light in my eyes
I learned how to battle lightning without storms
I learned how to smoke out my fire & still burn
so, this lantern in hand,
I will step into the world with an elephant’s footing
waltz into each room
bring two-stepping back from the dead
put your voice in my palm
tell me on each finger that you want to suffer my idealism
I learned that stanza is Italian for room
so enter all these worlds with me
build us a tower &
lunge above our heads with me
I will know my life through the scribblings
maybe a year, a shuffle forward
the glow of alive awake
here
