Breathwork

A shaken palm frond’s pagan breath entered disturbingly

The west window left unerringly on vent, to prevent damp.

Stirred to animation’s vainness

The fragrant birdnest cresting

Her saint-curing hair’s knotless knotty undress.

Wonderous wander-pushed eyes

Bright tho’ sunless like

Buried dandelion wine

A plundering pirate’s hideout of mine;

Tide-close in glow and cold as no coat

Even closed those standout

Fabled gaze throwers stand as

Gelid, burstberry examples

A stamp of her spectacular.

She sets a standard

One cannot surpass

Her planted banner

Is city’s unlikely seed.

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