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Quietly, in the middle of the hour
I think —
I have long ago died
Wearing my favourite tie and a gallant smile
I stole away behind the curtains
Quietly, in the middle of the hour
I think —
I have long ago lost it
My head, my heart
My stoic forbearance
My methodical grace
To the fervent pursuit of an untethered kite
To the frenzied obsessions of a clockwork animal
At the feverish midday sun I wondered
Now perennials overrun my head
And I speak in mangled rhymes
Quietly, in the middle of the hour
I think —
I have long ago snapped
Like a cello string — that proud, tenuous thing!
The viscera of a lamb, bleached, wrung, polished, and frayed
Born in the warmth of an abattoir
And died at the peak of a crescendo
Like a wine glass under golden chandeliers I fractured
Closer than ever to the fluid steps of a hundred waltzing bodies
I bled into the rich velvet floor
Quietly, in the middle of the hour
I think —
I have long ago fallen asleep
As I drowned
I must have dreamt of surfacing
I must have opened my mouth
Not to scream but to breathe
In that dream I was drenched to the marrow
Drinking from the downpour, lips to the sky
And in that dream I was laughing
And in that dream I was dancing
Yes —
I must have died
Quietly, in the middle of the hour
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