Object in Our Conscience
       

I heard a shark. It sounded like shock.
The noise the water makes. The noise
the shark makes the water make.
Your eyes rise from the sea.
The sea from a story you know not.
We can dance later and later.
Take the wrong risks later.
I would like to display gratitude for
encouragement now. Thank you
for liking my face in your dream.
To display gratitude for encouragement,
simply do anything. Hello everybody.
Break in. Cheer and clap. Throw your eyes
off. Mom's on the radio again.
You want to go into the structure
and for the structure to love you.
For it to be warm in the structure
and full of love. Full of geometry
and innovation. Like how our heads hide
the water. Like how our heads hide the water
that is in our head.

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from Blue Flame
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