moss and sunbeams
hatch and alt
-ernate across the pine
unfinished and still
holding the rain
I’ve forgotten kept
me from staying
awake last night
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moss and sunbeams
hatch and alt
-ernate across the pine
unfinished and still
holding the rain
I’ve forgotten kept
me from staying
awake last night
written for The Daily Create 506 Today when the upright human left, it took the small furry human with it,...
I’m having trouble parsing out the last three lines, but I like the natural unease of this quite a bit. 🙂
I’ve deleted a word to improve the rhythm—not sure if it eases the parsing (it is a bit twisted deliberately for the “natural unease” to which you point).