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lotus-eater.

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i. bonsai

branches overrun beyond their shapes, we
tangle ivy and run. topiary without the sense,
bonsai without the clippings, we make jungles
out of our sentences and run on in endless
roots. I wish the soil would go on forever
but oceans roar on the fringes of our forest
daydreaming. drown me in ferns, and let
me rot in the dark mulch of your palms.

ii. mandala

we loved liked painting a mandala of our affections
stretching kisses in sweeping arcs, the nights
pillow-dreaming of forever in intricate knots
and we laid ourselves out on wet sand
waiting for fickle tides to sweep us clean and
wash away our sins.
my only sin was that I loved too much, said too
little, and wanted more than I deserved in the
eyes of a foreign god

iii. lotus

swallowing the lotus seeds of your veiled confessions
love sprouted above the turbid waters of my cynicism
my doubt, see these flowers in my eyes, see these open
lily pad palms, you planted this and yet you stand with
shears ready to take cuttings of my affection and plant
them in the arms of boys with koi carp tattoos ready to
devour me lattice-heart and all.
30/6/16 the same love story told from a different window.
I have been dreadfully absent here, partly because of your average post-graduation existential crisis and partly from being in Paris for a long weekend. But I'm back, and hopefully will stay back and break this month-long writer's block at last!
MAF 27
Hello Gorgeous, pt. 6
It's coming on autumn now.
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I rather enjoy this.