[fish + electric]

oh no,
no, you'll never catch me
here, like this
your flimsy net,
your bulging arms,
your fear of falling in.
no, no,
not at all,
my scales will run you
over, my weight will
slash at palmflesh
and pull your
puny boat across
my wide seas.
don't speak my name,
or you'll
lose me,
right now
only faith binds us,
a single shining
strand.

and even if you
draw me in, old man,
there lurks dark,
circling death
to rob you
of even that
final
joy.

5.2.03

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[deprecate + dessert]

all the world
will never hold me.
i stretch an arm
and tumble stars
off the edge of the table,
raise my voice
and the careful pinched edges
of the sky are razed,
spilling juicy sweet
scarlet dawn,
and staining my
tongue.

steam rises
from my fingertips,
obscures the sky
and turns birdsong
to skin. i strain
the seams of
the universe,
my breasts and
guts
and shins too wide,
too wild
to fit comfortably
within. no, all the world
will never hold me.
all the weight of gravity
will never
keep me up.
2.2.03

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