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PART C IN WHICH YOU RIPPLE OUTWARDS LIKE A LOTUS CORAL OF MY BRAIN STEM RED FINGERS BLAZING EDG DIRECTLY IT WAS LIKE SEEING MYSELF IN THE MIRROR F ERY COMPARISON I HAD YET TO MAKE LAID BARE YOU UNTIL THEN THAT YOU HAD ARRIVED BRIGHT AND COC YOU KNEADED IT AND I NEEDED YOU IN YOUR LEAVING HOW LUCKY THAT THEY RETREAT AND HOW UNLUCKY T ERYTHING I HAVE EVER SEEN IS THIS HOW YOU SPELL YOU WILL BE MISSED BUT LIKE THE TIDE I WILL CHASE Y SHEDS WHITE TEARS ON THE PAVEMENT AND POOLS O LETTERS INTO THE SKY WITH BRONZE FILAMENT I WILL S STAND WHAT WAS MEANT BY FIRMAMENT THAT THE CL SNAP UNDER PRESSURE BUT CLOUDS ONLY BUILD AND IS A DAY FOR WAITING AND BEGINNINGS TODAY THE BL MY HANDS I MADE TWO OF THEM AND CUPPED MY FAC ER TO FORM A TELESCOPE AND STILL THERE WAS NOTH SHATTERING AGAINST MY EYELASHES BLUE DIAMONDS MY MOUTH LIKE A CHERRY PIT I GUESS THAT’S WHAT MIS FELL GLIMMERING FORTH LIKE WISHES EVERY SPARKL THE EDGES OF YOUR LEAVING IT WAS BRILLIANT IT WA ABANDON THEY ENDURED A PUNCTURE WOUND AND A N 1) OF LEAVING 2) OF FREEDOM ABANDON THEM BOTH A AND BE FREE A PHOENIX WITH NO ASHES CEASES TO B ARE NOT ON FIRE YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FLYING EVE WAKES AND SPINS AWAY WITH COSMIC SMOKE TRAILS B ER WILL STUMBLE UPON THE SHADOW OF OUR SOLAR YOU AND OF ME AND OF EE CUMMINGS’ ANYONES EVE THEN WILL THERE BE A TRUE GÉNÉRATION PERDUE BU WAY YOUR LEAVING IS ONLY A PROLOGUE EVERY GREE YOUR HANDS IS TO BE TOUCHING BOTH BEGINNINGS AN IMPLICATION BEING THAT LEAVING IS GOOD THIS IS GOO AND YOU’VE NEVER TOUCHED IT THE STAGE ONE LAST O FLOOR WILL RISE TO MEET YOU WE WILL RISE AND CLA GERPRINTS ARE EVERY DIVOT IN THE WORLD THE CRA FROM THE EARTH LOVING YOUR FEET THERE’S A LINE ABOUT GOODBYES AND THERE’S THE ECHO OF APPLAU
S EXPLOSION LIKE AN ADRENALINE RUSH THROUGH THE GES INTO THE WORLD THE BLUE MONOTONY RIPPED SO FOR THE FIRST TIME WITHOUT WINCING IT WAS LIKE EVUR LEAVING WAS THE FIRST BITE AND I DIDN’T REALIZE CONUT SWEET YOUR KNUCKLES CURVING THE OCEAN G EVERY TIDE IS AN OPEN MOUTH EATING AND EATING THAT WE WILL THE SKY TOO IS A MOUTH THE SKY IS EVL LEAVING? WITH A C WITH A FIREBRAND WITH A WINK YOU UNTIL THE MOON PULLS ME AWAY UNTIL THE MOON OVER YOUR SKIN LIKE A VIRTUAL EMBRACE I WILL LACE SWING MY LEGS OVER THE EDGES AND FINALLY UNDERLOUDS PUSH BACK WHEN YOU PUSH THEM OLD OAKS REBUILD A CLOUDLESS SKY IS A LIE A CLOUDLESS DAY LUE BECAME YOU AND I SMILED AND MADE A “C” WITH CE AND THEN MY VISION AND BROUGHT THEM TOGETHHING BUT BLUE TUNNELLING THROUGH MY PALMS AND S FALLING FROM MY EYES AND ONE RUBY (HOW?) FROM SSING MEANS BUT IT WAS STUNNING HOW THE JEWELS LE AN ABSENCE THE LIGHT OPENING AND CLOSING ON AS DEVASTATING MY LUNGS RED CUSHIONS OF VELVET NEW CREATION A REVIVAL OF THE TWO CONNOTATIONS ABANDON WITH ABANDON LEAVE AND LEAVE AND LEAVE BE AMAZING AND BECOMES SIMPLY A BIRD ON FIRE YOU ERY TIME YOU SNAP YOUR FINGERS A PLANET OF ASH BILLIONS OF YEARS FROM NOW SOME COSMIC EXPLORR SYSTEM AND WADE THROUGH ALL THE PARTICLES OF ERYONES SOMEONES NOONES MEN AND WOMEN ONLY UT EVEN THEN ONE DAY WE WILL BE FOUND AND IN THIS ETING A PREEMPTORY FAREWELL TO HOLD A BOOK IN ND ENDINGS PLEASE FARE WELL PLEASE GOODBYE THE OD YOU’RE REACHING FOR IT NOW THE FLOOR IS LAVA OCEAN TO CROSS IF YOU PLACE YOUR FEET RIGHT THE AP AND PUT THE PLANETS BACK TO TURNING YOUR FINACKS IN THE SIDEWALK ARE NOTHING BUT SMILE LINES E ABOUT THE PLACES YOU’LL GO AND THERE’S A LINE USE SAYING THIS IS GOOD THIS IS GOOD THIS IS GOOD.
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