On the Forehead of Dawn

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In a field of dim light
Gendenwitha begins
as a point
multi-rayed

beams splintered
as if through glass

coming out
of a distant left
to hover

while the sense
of a Spanish word
luminaria
poorly defined
coats the air behind him

thickening

losing her crisp
brittleness

acquiring
flexible
blunt spines

devolving into a green
fetal projection

she begins to speak
in tones of long
and straight

floating to his body

and attaches

shrinks
strengthens

becomes erect

.

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