pressed

pressed




1.

far, far away/

rooflines.

the language of/

love and fear/

hands folding/

linen inside…



egyptian earth…

indigo pigment/the trade off/was/

moving over gold bar oasis/hourglass spent…



teal paint curls/

another world/another war/

painted over…



sunny side up/

or over easy?



raspberry gelato/her tongue/tying/
weeping willow/rope swinging/
copper country fields/

chestnut/the hair of the first love/

fingertips grazing fingertips/pear sugar dissolving…

iced green grapes/crystallized…



sea grass hope chest/
shades of storm grey...



the grind/vertical climb/espresso beans/

london fog/latte foam/

scarlet kissed rim/

arrival/departure/

by train/plane…



short days and long shadows/

tears and laughter/

old souls and cobbled stones...



striped feathers/

oak brown over birch white....


boiling tomato hill/

violet plums/



2.



goldenrod bramble/

sunday spice market/picketed fence...

pumpkin fields over frosted mud/

bowls of hard candy/honour system/

leaded stained glass…

old doors applauding/

the pitter patter of future monsters/

the yolk moon over seed black/fertile/infertile/

the constellations made of your best utensils/

the dream/the wake/the insomnia/

the repetition…



the pressed wildflowers/slain/contain/

the books we fear/we love/we are/will be

what’s behind us here…