Content Warning: death, dark themes

LE Francis - Alembic

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If I am honest my heart is

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worm-veins, careful-woven

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              to come-undone, fiber-by-fiber, corpse

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fingers entwined, grasp & ungrasp,

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              you came the closest to this rattling

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              death, stopped my heart with a jerk

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at the end of the rope. You & your broken bow

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smile, your eyes like mercury enthroned

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              in the infinite womb of the cosmos, gods

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              willing these broken atoms to mend — ask

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              if I am honest, my heart is careful-undone

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              fingers holding the kite-string taut, broken

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              bow, snapped in her detriment, if I am honest

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my heart is with you.