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World River

the river bubbles and blunders 
 
crashing like clumsy lovers clutching 
 
world river wider than eternity 
 
fathoms below 
 
moss strains to anchor on the rocks 
 
the rotting weeds smell acrid 
 
twisting twining thrusting 
 
into you 
 
the blue flash is seizure inducing 
 
giving vision to the synapses firing in your brain 
 
shaking slithering tearing through 
 
i run away 
 
the witch behind the door 
 
a comfortable nightmare 
 
i sip the smoke pouring out 
 
the taste lingers on my tongue 
 
and in my hair 
 
long after sand has blasted away the stormy stones 
 
i ask the questions they dread 
 
the universe quakes with fear 
 
my mighty force can topple 
 
ivory moons and starry nurseries 
 
my breath will bust up the Milky Way 
 
caged dragons whistle the good news 
 
they swish raw their pink tails 
 
whipping up a hurricane 
 
which rips apart fusion 

Miranda Scharf  -

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