Tagged: geology

the earth’s mantle still holds

the earth’s mantle still holds
tricks
up his layered sleeves
like an Everlasting
Gobstopper,
a trembling poet,
a heart
in training –
all learning
and relearning
to lock an ocean away
.
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your body parts my

your body parts my
body like a long-
made appointment,
follows around
and within
the lines as if
patience
were love’s only
template, breaks
off like a continent
heaving
.
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mapping the migration

mapping the migration
of your lips requires a
team of molecular
cartographers, glowing
in the heat of the
survey as you extend
each coordinate. in the
age of exploration,
no landscape is
too laborious
.
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