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∴
i am the oubaitori seed
undaunted by time,
with your promises
Earth fecund and heavy
we two, the architects
of tomorrow’s blooms
∴

∴ delirium fever
in absence
worlds unraveling

desire

cold sweats and trembling lips
without your touch

i am a wild thirst untamed
by water’s simple relief
or the hum of nights alone

in this tide of you
i drown

floating on the jagged peaks of wanting
and you, pulse
coursing through my veins
a storm to fill this empty sky

and i am lost
in the maelstrom of your everything ∴

∴ pour me another
happenstance
drawn from oaken barrel
to steady the scales
to balance the sweet
with complexity, with depth

through nitrogen-induced
liquid cascades
every atom adrift—
between enspelled spaces
a contact improvisational
adventure unyielding

am i the wayward electron
or stray proton,
seeking chaos (carbonation)
elements in fragments
each meeting
a (re)connection

imbibe
this shaman’s draft
a whimsical
flight of brindled
temporal brews ∴