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the man from the cell phone case kiosk
holds his hands against the ground as if he
can stop the earth from shaking his bones
crack as he rises to his knees
i watch the night fall through five o’clock smog
three hundred and sixty five days - one trip
around the sun and i am immobilized, a
statue growing ivy, standing still in the darkness
he holds his face, cries against the concrete
praying toward mecca in the shipment bay

chimera

focusing my energy into becoming
a glass that meets your lips in the morning
cold black coffee, cold hands, faulty
circulation / i am trying to become the
10 am stillness that surrounds you in
your new home i do not live in
this is the only language we know
i hold rose quartz and say your name

Skylar Thayer is a 20-year-old aquarius from tulsa, oklahoma. They have been featured in basement babes and the dinner table review. They tweet at @skylarinacoma.