I was born a baby       Where did he go?

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Especially that line between

plump forearm

                                 & little pink hand?

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                                        That's the line

I'm trying to write  

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                                        I want to sing

to the translucence inside me           lost

as a freshwater pearl      in the soft folds

Time used                 

                                  to swaddle me up

                                                  and up

                         until I was man-shaped

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It wasn't a fish    who discovered water

nor a bird

air                   

Water conjured fish                 The sky

holds the patent

                                            on feathers

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I bought my dog a watch

to inspire him

to industry                 

                                    yet still he dozes

                                       in the sunlight