Three Poems

Is a Course That Began by Demanding Your Love

& the voice                                   —(“Hush,” said the room.)—              : its period, its intonated lyric -al quality, how melodious—umpf—that measure             of breath, its,                        hoo,             intoxicated en -unciation, softly             falling                        un-             fixed— For Madeline gracie tippy-toes herself a ballerina each delicate step that, which, to say— skulking beneath my breast, she stretches out her hand as if to signify a paw and the sky would have over her surrounding her as if I am the sky Que Tes Rêves Soient Doux I like that a lot— Are you sleeping? I like that a lot— Are you sleeping? Dream, dream, dream, dream. Are you sleeping? Dream, dream, dream, dream. Are you sleeping? Sleep well, sleep well, sleep well, sleep well.

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