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Phillip Zhuwao

THE ROSE WITH MARIGOLD BLOOMS

THE ROSE WITH MARIGOLD BLOOMS

THE ROSE WITH MARIGOLD BLOOMS

Come
To see my grave I've lived on talk
Future is my death, my image
I've not died yet
I've died a thousand times
And
I've watched you die before your death
Over
Cordelia's brow Cleopatra's asp hovers
And
I hide between her thighs of anxiety
The
Uzi has shattered all fingers of art's fillip
And
Uncaressed moment's tree tumble
Watching
Summer's winter crackling behind Wenceslas' steps
Over
Epic over creased foreheads of wandering thoughts
Mocking
Nemesis' blindness gives eyes to Homer
Hello
Suddenly bouquets drop blood
Why?
Your watch in my heart's song everything
Generosity love hunger cruelty race
And then
Stop Press!
Today's awake yesternight rubs the eyes
Of Slogan's betrayal
Why weren't you here?
Scandalous
I watch your bloom
blue
The dance begins in the water
Afrodite
I had watched your tears
Yellow
It was the curtain of secret spy stories
Then
Red of virginity torn and blood's smile
With everything in between void
Potholes in flickering snake tongues
Adam and Eve
The bard jumped from feminist asbestos roof
It was asparagus on the table of her chest
Suddenly her Etna breasts rumbled and heaved -

The watchman shifted his weight of Principles
Aha
‘It's you again.’
Close

THE ROSE WITH MARIGOLD BLOOMS

Come
To see my grave I've lived on talk
Future is my death, my image
I've not died yet
I've died a thousand times
And
I've watched you die before your death
Over
Cordelia's brow Cleopatra's asp hovers
And
I hide between her thighs of anxiety
The
Uzi has shattered all fingers of art's fillip
And
Uncaressed moment's tree tumble
Watching
Summer's winter crackling behind Wenceslas' steps
Over
Epic over creased foreheads of wandering thoughts
Mocking
Nemesis' blindness gives eyes to Homer
Hello
Suddenly bouquets drop blood
Why?
Your watch in my heart's song everything
Generosity love hunger cruelty race
And then
Stop Press!
Today's awake yesternight rubs the eyes
Of Slogan's betrayal
Why weren't you here?
Scandalous
I watch your bloom
blue
The dance begins in the water
Afrodite
I had watched your tears
Yellow
It was the curtain of secret spy stories
Then
Red of virginity torn and blood's smile
With everything in between void
Potholes in flickering snake tongues
Adam and Eve
The bard jumped from feminist asbestos roof
It was asparagus on the table of her chest
Suddenly her Etna breasts rumbled and heaved -

The watchman shifted his weight of Principles
Aha
‘It's you again.’

THE ROSE WITH MARIGOLD BLOOMS

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