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cut-throat
dont mess with the voice that rises from the deep
freyapayne5
Jun 16, 20251 min read
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Ra
hand of the sun god, why lay waste? can you not return the symmetry to the horizon and halt man slaughtering all.
freyapayne5
Jun 15, 20251 min read
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how long have you lain?
how long have you lain in your cradle, waiting for someone to whisper
freyapayne5
Jun 14, 20251 min read
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walking the parameter
name each point of light as you pass and the dark will take care of itself
freyapayne5
Jun 13, 20251 min read
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dont throw away
if i dowse the land for love i am led again, to the crush of moments when you opened your door and smiled.
freyapayne5
Jun 12, 20251 min read
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when i leave myself
imagination, like the blue of sky, sometimes seeds will, like the sky seeds rain.
freyapayne5
Jun 11, 20251 min read
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demeter
under the concrete in secret parallel, your steps shade mine. seed of my seed split, i drop 6 acorns in patient barter.
freyapayne5
Jun 10, 20251 min read
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hoard
i have nothing to give you. look, nothing is spare. no, i cannot surrender the wealth in the circle of my arms.
freyapayne5
Jun 9, 20251 min read
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preparation
the cut for the key comes first, then i press my eye to the fissure hoping to find something
freyapayne5
Jun 8, 20251 min read
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maintaining
does fear still ask for its dues, colonising shuttered space? in the maintenance cycle, what was eroded?
freyapayne5
Jun 7, 20251 min read
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kin
standing shoulder to shoulder bearing coffin and kin, intimate gestures borne through generations, faces recognisable to themselves.
freyapayne5
Jun 6, 20251 min read
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cheerleading
from the legion of voices that muster each morning give the bugle to the ragged one who calls persevere
freyapayne5
Jun 5, 20251 min read
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spreadsheet
the field spreadsheet the fence last centuries sums the grass supple in the wind
freyapayne5
Jun 4, 20251 min read
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sanctuary
storm stripped, you re-clothed me in care, the nests feathers are not extra but the touch of love that is life.
freyapayne5
Jun 3, 20251 min read
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quiet
your peace gated against the many who pitch and sink in the cities tide
freyapayne5
Jun 2, 20251 min read
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return call
the ringing tone loops memory damp boxes and tenderhooks and the trudge back to the small room
freyapayne5
Jun 1, 20251 min read
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brace
wrought in tension hammering on the anvil a will to hold the centre
freyapayne5
May 31, 20251 min read
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strawman
are you knocking at my door? yes, i'll dance! teach me your loose steps and the pleasure of dissolution
freyapayne5
May 30, 20251 min read
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bubble
merging droplet to puddle, water emptying itself and throwing up a mirror to the moment, convex to its its last breath.
freyapayne5
May 29, 20251 min read
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blue
many summon this blue, to weight a body in full presence
freyapayne5
May 28, 20251 min read
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