Psychotropic of Leo
born in hospital
under signs of lions
clinical walls green halls
peaking through windows
waiting to be fed
along passageways feet
could not touch the floor
inca infant dead
above the hills
not easy taking on sins
backbreaking work
sanctifying earth
frailty of flesh and blood
not like bricks and mortar
ropemakers scent burns
telling his long tales
turning back centuries
where do the boundaries cone
from tidal pebbles
blowing across faces
freshly wrung anger
frustrates impatience
anxiety looking over
letting go all feelings
sends energy flying
sometimes spirit wobbles
after nights glitter
needs more sparkle
in memory your
cold lips kiss lying
pink grey flowered dress
orange tears laid out
to a real world again
down back shaft skin grafts
tightening across bodies
falling over hands of needles
holes in sky from traffic fumes
nuclear tests proliferate
like coca-cola it gets
everywhere like god
freedom and responsibility
are we not one of those
no one talks to
I don’t talk much either
know what I mean
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