the stars, the sea, and sleep.

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Vines

Names made of light
Fight under plastic and glass.
Racehorses with blinders
Make corners tighter as they pass
Stacked,
Packed,
A relentless, foreboding stampede.
This delicate weave of poison leaves
Rejects a double helix
As it tangles like weeds,
As it dangles its seeds
Over super-rich soil
To feed these machines
that breathe and bleed oil.

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