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Tower Moment
Belly Lux
a little aftercare
a little Sugar For The Pill
playing low in the background
Carharrt and red lace in puddles
but there is no sun left for me
and no more sunday kind of love
Tobacco Vanille and one meal a day
it’s the year of the skin, the year of rejection
our world is locked up and my lips are zipped
because it’s bad luck when more people know
so i stitch my guts back inside
and i keep it all within me
monogamy is out of season
yet i’m loyal to the fantasy alone
i’m drawn out by the divine timing
i’m seeing numbers, patterns, and signs
and in a collision of planets, in saturns return
the universe pulls us back together in one last effort
i see you, and in my nature, i smile,
my heart reaching out more than ever
i see you come, i see you go, and i forgive the fluidity
it’s a tower moment for me, for us
realising the only control i have is over myself
it all boils down to just one thing, it’s my one life
what will i do with it? and what is it that i want?
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I’m filling the next chapter of One Poem Only and would love to include your work. Send me the poem you wrote and want the world to hear. New this round: if you’d like to read your own poem on the podcast, you can. No need for a perfect studio recording—just a clear audio file recorded in a quiet space. If you choose this option, you’ll submit your poem and an audio file of you reading it. Submissions close Thursday, July 30. I’ll respond by August 12. Whether I read your poem or you read it yourself, I’d love to hear what you’re ready to share.
