i feel your love
i feel time is up
when i was a child, i never knew enough
what that do to me?
the wave of love is a transient hunt
water's the shell and we are the nut
but i saw a hand arch out of the barrel

look at all the peaches
how do you celebrate?
can't appear inside of nowhere

it's already dead
i know you have the dove
i'm not getting wet
looks like a date is set
show the ferret to the egg
i'm not gettin' led along

i rushed in to hold down your page
and now i sleep 'side words you do not read with me
i hear a song from inside the maze, the very one you made
you shook at the ivory mantle
as a poet, i knew to be gentle
when you have a child, so begins the braiding
and in that braid you stay

look at all the peaches
i want to celebrate
i can… 

 

 

aldous harding,

the barrel