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midnight carrier
breast-warm burier
untrained melody
new identity
merrily, merrily grow

to a tip-toe step
and asleep on a breath

another move on the earth to fall in love with the air
another word and a voice to call it up from anywhere
a little girl

you’re only one away, one away
make a bed
here in the meadow-line of my arm
tuck a head

nite-lite water
move waist high; Daughter, I
crash test challenges
weights and balances

like a midnight carrier
across word barrier
oddball reverence
you’ve got evidence
haven’t you, haven’t you?

in your finespun hair
go to sleep on a chair

another earth on the move to fall in love with the air
another word and a song to call upon me anywhere
so here we go

you’re only one away, one away
make a bed
here in the melonrind of my arm
tuck a head

you’re gonna be alive, be alive
let it be a while
how many, many nights, you and I?
many, many, my…