9.13.2021

your hair is in the bathtub

I have a heart 
it is too big for my clothes 
a word pulls it from its sleep 
 
some nights the city 
cannot contain it 
 
the bright blue 
continuously fills with you 
 
and your hair is in the bathtub 
 
where the hawk pauses 
near the playground 
to clean the blood off 
my heart goes to him 
 
every morning you travel 
the length and breadth of my heart 
and nowhere are you free 
often your train is delayed 
 
[Matthew Rohrer {1970- } 'Where the Hawk Pauses', from Destroyer and Preserver]

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