Cedars perfume the night air
after we snapped branches
and pledged our dress to fire.
We exchanged ourselves in smoke
and learned to be quiet
like wood havens its mourning.
I shiver somehow in your ghost
as warmth approaches darkness.
John Swain lives in Louisville, Kentucky. His fourth chapbook, Burnt Palmistry, is forthcoming from Full of Crow.
after we snapped branches
and pledged our dress to fire.
We exchanged ourselves in smoke
and learned to be quiet
like wood havens its mourning.
I shiver somehow in your ghost
as warmth approaches darkness.
John Swain lives in Louisville, Kentucky. His fourth chapbook, Burnt Palmistry, is forthcoming from Full of Crow.
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