phantasmagoria

always returns

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Phantasmagoria

There is no vague nightmare
first the screw    then the unscrew

I wanted to write this before I told it you

and try the words to see how they'd taste:
haste
space
deep
a dream 
is a door     revolving around the universe      not a black hole
is a spider      not a synapse
which plays for keeps
      which trusts no one

and reminds me of losing
or finding something unknown
a sanctum door sewn then unsewn

a mannequin of sorrow       slow membrane of mirth 
moving    ever toward tomorrow's earth

like the pendulum   collecting what it deserves  
                    which does not want
    which waits for nothing
which always returns. 

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