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diff --git a/poetry.html b/poetry.html index 5d300fb..b9d0d1f 100644 --- a/poetry.html +++ b/poetry.html @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ <p class="c"> "hello, can we talk?" </p> - <p class="date">Feburary 2022</p> + <p class="date">February 2022</p> <hr> </div> @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ as a violin string,<br> as glass— </p> - <p class="date">Feburary 2022</p> + <p class="date">February 2022</p> <hr> </div> @@ -265,6 +265,56 @@ <p class="date">May 2026</p> <hr> </div> + + <div class="poem"> + <h3>The Bullet</h3> + <p> + The pantomime of leaves in which you swirl in a yellow dress<br> + Collapses when you run afar, diving into the dull air<br> + The sun blares its scalding glow, incinerating the hearts<br> + Of eleven figures erected in the earth, forming a wreath of bones around the moist mound of dirt<br> + Their sweat collects in the wrinkles of their foreheads, and their tears settle in their eyelids<br> + Their long black dresses are indistinguishable from their black veils<br> + And their arms are reserved to those from which life emanates and laughs in their faces<br> + You leap from stone to stone, fluttering like a hummingbird<br> + You have long shed the lugubrious skin of a thousand years<br> + And have become lighter than a speck of cotton that has escaped from its woven bedding<br> + Your closed unclouded eyes lay heavy in their sockets<br> + Having let in much of the world's lights yet fail to stir the whirlpool of despair<br> + Borne of the burning hearts struggling to grab the conscience of their lost one<br> + As it slips between their fingers + </p> + <p class="date">July 2026</p> + <hr> + </div> + + <div class="poem"> + <h3>How Dare The World Go On</h3> + <p> + How dare the world go on<br> + When I am on my knees in the frozen glass<br> + Entrapped by invisible ghosts + </p><p> + How dare the world go on<br> + When I am pounding on the black curtains<br> + Unable to move my legs + </p><p> + How dare the world go on<br> + When I have thrust blades into my eyes<br> + And cut my arms off + </p><p> + How dare the world go on<br> + When content hearts and jovial spirits<br> + Mock my silent cries + </p><p> + How dare the world go on<br> + When the whole universe must lay still<br> + Wallowing in a deathly wail<br> + With me + </p> + <p class="date">July 2026</p> + <hr> + </div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> |