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(the peaceful flutter of a dove) And with left a shove
(some moments will demand a shove) To needle gently yet relentless with a foot upon the pedal And to the iron first inside the velvet glove To learn to and to scream (the whisper the scream) To let each yearning finger (no, lives unless it breathes) To burn, to worship, to To pose a with a pinky on a key To flee, to fight, to To in air Nothing solid To rap those heavy knuckles on the gate to heaven til nothing to Achieve, but To go retrieve the length of hidden in the cabinet To metamorphasize the twisted rope unto an To lay the lazy C the shabby wooden floor to rest To send the end the top and bend the C into an S To curve the tail the S to turn the tangle to a B To hug the root around the fibers suffocatingly To wrap again to wrap again to give the seven loops To penetrate the hoop To tug the appendage through To yank the knot until it's ready for the got to do To toss the braid above the ceiling beam and to affix the To bid adieu to all of you
until there's left to do but the chair To cinch the the edge To into the air