R. Gerry Fabian

Insignificant Postscript

You-
a broken wing
etched across the hour
that is too late
for huge mule tears
or spite syllables.

die-
in asphalt and ash
crumpled metallic bonds
outline
paper thin slashes
marking accident quarrels.

slowly-
a mixture of molasses
and mollusk
is all that holds
the wet ether breath
on the outskirts
of that time
then.

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