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Timeless

Timeless

crack open

the round rind

and the rain spills out

sending the seed

South

where the sun

melts in your mouth

and the fields

are gutted

ready for rebirth

and the cattle is king

for a day

and the corn

for another

and the clouds are bleached

and the red clay

is baked

and rising

and the fish in the drink

are leaving a wake

and the stadiums are split

in four quarters

and a beauty queen

is crowned cream

and you can walk to church

if you want

and there’s the radio

dialed FM

and there’s the lift and fall

of shadow boxes

buried beneath

the bleach

TL

Published inTamiko Lowery