Birds are falling

 

I don't know where this night comes from

A hole in the tissue. A crack where it leaks

Oily and crunchy. A celebration. We parasitize

Under its breasts full of black milk.

Paul Celan said 'language is my country'. 

I speak four languages but I am a stranger .

A beautiful immigrant you can play with. A doll endlessly repeating  the same words.

'Mama' 'mama' 'mama'.  In my genetic code

So many words entrenched (why do I fear them?) I look through a magnifying glass. I zoom and cut up. They retract. Such a tremendous surgery.

I proceed with a delicate operation. Words keep coming back from submarines, undergrounds, dark corridors. 

Obli-gation

Vio-lence

On-going process

Oblivion.

There is an error. Irrepressible. Error. organic as water.

You rather take my hand. We'll play chess on the edges of memory. 

Every time I win, you cut words. Every time you win I cut words.

My organs are beautiful. You cut.

Love is tooth extraction. It hurts then it doesn't. But then you create a space

Where you always miss. Always miss. Always miss him

Birds are falling. Who said their flight is invincible?

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