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Allison Grayhurst Reads

End of Reason

I hear the echo of instability slide
through the corridors like a plague
that just missed. I hear the song and flip
like a flock of tiny birds, upside down,
bellies flat against the sky.
I feel soiled by layers of complexity,
needing to feel again protection,
the stroke of a cool summer on my lips,
needing a puppy left at my door.
I know the sun will rise on my twisted frame.
I know a red petal thrown into a pale blue sky.
I know more than a parched mouth, 
more than brick painted over
or prison bars dipped in rainbow hues.
I know of tongues basted in trembling glory, 
my purpose - 
core, settled and pure.

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