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 Snowflake฀Obsidian I’m฀drunk฀on฀slowness— the฀pause฀of฀the฀fiddlehead฀fern as฀it฀prepares฀to฀uncurl, the฀intake฀of฀breath a฀moment฀before฀the฀word, the฀gathering฀of฀air฀and฀skill, luck฀and฀intent฀to฀capture the฀iced฀window’s฀feathery฀moment as฀our฀aviary฀hearts฀race toward฀a฀much฀warmer฀convergence of฀mis-matched฀pieces wrapped฀in฀newsprint— crystal฀bowl,฀stinky฀fishhead— and฀who฀cares฀which฀of฀us฀is฀which? a฀melding,฀like฀the฀black฀polished฀rock with฀translucent฀white฀spots. I฀must฀love฀you฀slowly,฀in฀caesura, because฀Kundera฀is฀right, the฀degree฀of฀speed฀is฀directly฀proportional to฀the฀intensity฀of฀forgetting. I฀love฀you฀the฀way฀I฀love graffiti,฀our฀past฀tense— there฀is฀a฀tenseness฀to฀it— haunting฀us฀like฀an฀amputee’s฀phantom฀pain whenever฀the฀undertow,฀underworld submarine฀captain฀in฀us฀shouts Dive!฀Dive!฀into฀the฀abyss. For฀love฀makes฀us beggar฀and฀barbarian, no฀more฀refined฀than฀the฀shaggy฀lapdog across฀the฀street฀straining฀at฀his฀leash, pulled฀by฀a฀heady฀concoction฀of฀reasons  beyond฀reason,฀your฀unsteady฀hand on฀my฀skin,฀the฀field฀of฀spreading฀fire what฀I฀silo฀in฀this฀world of฀hitman฀and฀mannequin, hovel฀and฀cathedral. ...

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