the roots sip water,
the roots sip wine,
the roots sip spit, broth, and brine,
and where we are buried
they rummage our clothes,
sipping bullet, and blood –
they mangle the mud,
but the branches –
the petals –
so far from the root
don’t wonder –
what rot plumps the fruit?
Cost of Innocence
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