loss

And this is it, the frost protecting a slush lip 
The sky scowling, here they are, 
As mythed, our penny days

Everything between us can be counted, taken
But yet something forms, is gained
Witchcraft on the mountain, fencing on the moor

Sparks! And another tooth lost... 

Something made up and vicious flows beside us in the river
Who is that carving a canyon with a stack of days? 
And when the water comes it's bitter, the bitter water of a polluted life. 

Why hope to be pure, why hope to purify? 
I hope to thrive, even in irritable murk, and I don't mean win. 
I can offer this full moon, this glossy once. 

The rupture rupts, and with effort 
I can turn the anger into a clever fish, 
Letting the mermaid's tail exit the day. 

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