to take words higher is the aim
to watch a gull peck them mid-air
lift
turn
swoop
push through the wind
eyes on ice mouth a sore chill
search for sounds in the sand
in the cave of a meaning
throat/mind a dry riverbed of speak
that buries consonants like bullfrog eggs
nutritious drought tucked under potential
torrents turn and tease
caught on the desert corner
of a book in a grain
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