The emptiness in me sings
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The emptiness in me sings
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The emptiness in me sings;
what lips of livid light
to innocent ears do bring
a fable of fell fright.
And all about the air
illusional couplets ring—
O dance, ethereal pairs;
O twine in coloured smoke.
O complements, dissolve;
imprisoning bounds revoke
to vapor, now resolve
the emptiness in my throat
that sings and does not cease
on feathering air to float,
suspended 'til at least
my migratory flight
comes arcing to a lull—
where balmy soul alights
and sinks into the full.
What lays of livid light!
The emptiness in me sings
in embering of the night;
in darkling spirit-rings.
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photographs and words by Daniel Pendergraft
. . . . . created for Hive on June 10, 2020 . . . . .
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