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[[ halcyon days ]]
.
.......accustomed
....malleable

with daylight orbs,
trees prod quiet hills with arch;

a distant settlement
.for birds’
.........crystal beak

remnants sliver-spun
............of nature
& its engorged coattails,
cockatiel dusty orange cheeks--
a slicking of viscose sap,

......................xanthic
from chrysalis residuum

..............saturated

.........in the choroids of our eyes,
the martyred glow of burning trees
.....drooped to decrescendos, finale
--no quiet grace of mother
as she soothes child
...................to sleep