To the dirt that no longer moves
you offer a mask the way a flower
over and over is readied for mornings
where time begins again as stars
sensing honey and more darkness
—by evening your death
will be used to footsteps one by one
broken off a great loneliness
returning row by row as the small stones
cut out for the mouth and eyes
to sweeten it, ask
where you are going by yourself.
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