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To feel my name cut in two
- on one side useless December
- I had to cringe, tied
as dancers still hold arms
circling, drenched - to breathe
I had to be afraid
though even stars have lost their shadow
- half a name, so cold
scattering my heart and rainwater
and the twin who is what's left
when a name is dead - even the sun
backing away from December, half dance
half half : a sister about to rain
and the thaw makes its pass again
as if the heart could be renamed
held out to warm myself and the sun.
Light needs this emptiness
but in the dark, in arms
where only twins can be seen : a sound
that came apart and never dries
or turns to answer.
- on one side useless December
- I had to cringe, tied
as dancers still hold arms
circling, drenched - to breathe
I had to be afraid
though even stars have lost their shadow
- half a name, so cold
scattering my heart and rainwater
and the twin who is what's left
when a name is dead - even the sun
backing away from December, half dance
half half : a sister about to rain
and the thaw makes its pass again
as if the heart could be renamed
held out to warm myself and the sun.
Light needs this emptiness
but in the dark, in arms
where only twins can be seen : a sound
that came apart and never dries
or turns to answer.
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