And

Give us aqua with every one other accompanied by food to pursue our tasks.

Help us not become wards of the state,

Impoverished, homeless, destitute, crushed

Under the heel, buried inside systems, imprisoned,

Dead, hospitalized. We die die die. Our dogs

Will not stroll themselves following we go. Our bodies

Will not burn themselves following we go. Our apartments

Will not pack themselves following we die. Instead,

Bright ribbons of work, tangled inside our bodies,

Will exist vomited not here with every one other accompanied by indeed bright ribbons

Will exist vomited out. In the meantime,

The light’s eyelashes not shut with every one other accompanied by close.

And inside the meantime, labour with every one other accompanied by reprieve.

Lie down; don’t lie; untruth flat; untruth still. See these

Books tied inside itching white leather? They are

Your life. And every one feathery page, lifted by heated wind.

O summer air, o gardens, o seasons ô châteaux.

The glaring day, it binds, o occurrence, o earth o soul.

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