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tiny integuments of
cartilage, strangers between species

glue on the knuckle,
spit at the tongue
groin in a moan

umbilicus cut

you are on your own now

clot at the throat, a muscle gone down
shadows of sinewy deals,
a witchy stew

body parts (sift, sift thru them,

citizens of the world....)

enraptured by lizard,

held by design of
dove,

akin to the raptor

how to pounce like a leopard

learn to be sleek and move forward

survival in a wound’s tourniquet
city twisting & turning?
are we on Saturn?
a new mecca?
You say center of the mind is this polis

retina collapses/ sees no reason for any other
version of jungle

unstable? meek? rocky liquid terrain
escape her moons?