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does order matter?
or are you cold
succumbed to
sleepless fever: and lidless eyes gazing idly
until nine stars fall

one eye missing, the others
lie
, the others
don't blink; you are not awake
yet until nine stars

b

You tell nine stars "fall"
the sky
nothing can listen for torrential, rain (one eye listens) or the dove does sigh
or
you tell blue moons "glide" lakes ice for them winter crawling toward the dove
flightless
blind beating or do you swim to it? when you sing "hark" does it coo for you?

or does the blackness slip along itself, folding into a million thin layers
only the one eye knows only the one crow gliding amidst the blanketed
hills feels the sky falling where nine stars once held

Three pairs listless the last one hangs the lighter one taken
Three birds fall the weaker one runs home two drown
One month escapes notice (they all lie) four glance back
just in time
when two more caught in winds collide
and the hill rose red

split,
sky, Lake
two hills, one closed
one blue
or were the words all wrong from one man's mouth?
or never heard, the questions asked? and what or when, those neighboring hemispheres
where the inverse is true? or the order inexact?
the liar only knows which star fell last


nine stars
until: 14 December 2019 23∶42∶42