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We're Not Dead Yet

from the skin, the sea, the sound by Joshua Stamper

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Cradling the careful egg
the damaged head
the bruised bed
Gently press the rippled brick
the quivering drip
the halting lips
Hold the cloud, hold the sand, hold her fingers in your hand
Drink the brine, trace her spine, take the bread
Take the wine

Time between the in and out
whispers and shouts
the faithful doubts
Empties down the rusty grate
evaporates
too much too late
Hold the cloud, hold the sand, hold her fingers in your hand
Drink the brine, trace her spine, take the bread
Take the wine

To the one-winged sparrow, to the bone without marrow
You whistleless kettle, you field choked with nettles
To the mute allegorist, to the stump in the forest
O bow without arrows, O window too narrow
Your time will come, your time will come

Needle pins will split the skin
will enter in
will drain the sin
Time between the in and out
whispers and shouts
a shoot will sprout
Counting breaths, hedging bets, broken bones must be reset
Fill these lungs, songs be sung of battles waged
and battles won

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from the skin, the sea, the sound, released April 1, 2014

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