Shadow / Orphan Shadow

my shadow is an old man who can't sleep at night

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i was born from my mother
and my shadow was born from my mother's shadow

i was the second gift

its whole life (so far) hugging the earth

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shadow
fed and grown at the nipple of the breast shadow

i also feed and grow dark at the shadow
of the breast shadow

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because of my shadow
i have never understood
in the beginning was the word

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when i take the leap
will my shadow take the leap as an act of love

and grow wider on the ground when i fly
to get a better view

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so busy (guilt and regret)
with all it has trespassed

please forgive us our trespasses
your bright space with no warning

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angel of the chalkline corpse

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in the middle of day i looked down

my shadow was holding a suitcase

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flat on its face in mud
or
stretched out on its back
reading its face in clouds

i don't know whether to
pick it up by the scruff of its neck
or offer a smoke

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imminent death

shadow of a cloud flooding the shadow of a poet

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you raise your voice
and raise your hand to strike me

i raise my voice
and raise my arm to block
duck
then punch