8.22.2020

into that world inverted

The moon in the bureau mirror 
looks out a million miles 
(and perhaps with pride, at herself, 
but she never, never smiles) 
far and away beyond sleep, or 
perhaps she’s a daytime sleeper. 

By the Universe deserted, 
she’d tell it to go to hell, 
and she’d find a body of water, 
or a mirror, on which to dwell. 
So wrap up care in a cobweb 
and drop it down the well 

into that world inverted 
where left is always right, 
where the shadows are really the body, 
where we stay awake all night, 
where the heavens are shallow as the sea 
is now deep, and you love me. 

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