black winged crow
you smoke me home
it burns i froze
i stare at you—virtue undisclosed
we drank the paint, taste of sweetened bone
vice must let go
so i burn in amber, left to recompose
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tear out my gut, lay out the tubes
oh queen of hearts: show my suit
dip me in paint, a plastered muse
why i sink without her—won’t ever know
call to the nymphs
forgive my theft, forgive my lies
from my back are black wings
scars are absurd
i fly unshielded
phantasm, divider of sin
mutter on, oh mutter on.