bone-states

[bone-states]

partner

Twice crowned in light and shrined in duty, two thrones — one new.

The old clouds faded and were replaced in sight by the echoes of wonder, pain, love, and plight.

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[bone-states]

curls lying in soft wave patterns

outline the tautness of your frustration,

the steeled lines of your resolve.

I press my nose to the worn cotton of your sleeve

and smell, completely, the salt and sweetness of hot sun on warm cotton

the mellow warmth of your skin,

and the long exhaustion of

the man housed within.

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[bone-states]

where are you going?

counting stones in a helix-fold pattern from my front, and your front to the untold distance before us and skipping places to avoid the touchdown-shock of a left-over static attack.

[bone-states]

foundry

fill me with something solid something heavier than gold brighter than silver and warmer than breath something less errant than your curt words less impatient than time and fluid, like water.

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[bone-states]

grace

pull the sheet clear over your head

and think,

austere,

logic-

martyr.

I spoke to you against the wall today,

moving my lips against the flat of my hand,

imagining you-

I cup my hand to air

and trace your face

if you put your ear flat down,

you can hear the repercussions-

the swish-swish of a gentle, throbbing

heartbeat.

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[bone-states]

years

I only know you by proxy-

by the idea of you in my mind

like a shallow god,

an endless well

I pour from

and pour into-

over and over,

dancing

until

completeness is an idea

we both share-

a platonic ideal

only dedicated to

at night.

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[bone-states]

currencies

my fist on your chest,

your heart on mine-

I reach inside the light that binds,

and tie you into shapes-

raining fire into your head,

so you can tell me,

who are you?

you’re mine-

in time.

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[bone-states]

joan of arc

I never knew the ghosts could call

and answer one-so many

I always heard:

“Call the right number.”

how can I?

when you’ve all got

a message

to

ring.

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[bone-states]

alternate states

when I look inside of you

I see a temple of worship

a path of hidden in-between

that walks, somewhere

where the light always fails

and the dark only begins

to hide.

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[bone-states]

cantica i

I know where the devil sleeps     he calls to me     he calls to me-

in poppy-soft snake's silk, he speaks-

-- I lie in even sky, 

    in shudder-thin shooks, in splintered whips

so shy of violence,

that snow could crawl

     in splintered light.

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[bone-states]

percussion

extend your vows in syllabic verse so handed down from collision

meter sideways and bent against, the notes are crushing- an elongated bridge that stretches from your mouth to mine.

if I hold you in my hand and look at you, my eye to yours, will you dissolve?

or will you simply

disappear?

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[bone-states]

material sin

I saw the locusts walk the earth

and knew the sands were coming

I read the light that bears the fear

and thrust them, full-faced

in the void-between.

the light erupts

in the hidden room

and only the blind

can see.

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[bone-states]

cassini

I caught you in my head and held you

and sat you in the room where I lay

a beacon, a light,

a spinning torch-

mute with stars, and dripping

with the wheels

of distant

flight.

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[bone-states]

limits

the web is growing

and its spine is thick-

an arc through the matrix

that tumbles outward,

reaching towards the sky.

line up your code,

left, right-

left

and tell me,

what do you see?

I see a column

a chain,

lit

all the

way

through.

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[bone-states]

portal

inside I caught your eye

and held it to my chest

and pushed you over

I looked at the entire

pool in my heart

and called it

with a single name

arising in a chain

a lifted hook

a stream

a filled,

full

mouth.

lining up the sleeves

of what you doubt,

i trust you gathered

what you came for-

and if you haven’t

there’s nothing more to teach.

any habits you wear

any crowns

I take those, too.

crass

amused

and tightly wound

so spun,

I cross

and die

for you.

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[bone-states]

ring

we branch, diverged in unconscious array (the trappings of flesh      now mute.)

in travel we choose and build, in steps the imprint growth of signifiers and framed now-self

fingers spread out, peripherals shroud- and bear, in turn perpetual, prophetic ferment and yield.

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spastic

the weight of dreams like pressure

underneath both lids- that 

I could extend that hand

with its grave, radiant pull

and link me through

that grasp-lack air

(in disbelief)

to empty space.

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