You Were Very Tall

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When you touch the
moon, my body sings. On the skeleton
of the ficus leaf I will draw your face.

The horror comes home
not Homo sapiens. De novo at delta
I will catch homophobia.

How long was the age
of a tyrant? Something slips from my hand.
What was the message of blood?

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