The Threat

                                                                               Above the fall
                                                                               arranging
                                                                  small stones
                                             allowing for
                                                                      exhaustion
 
                                               no matter           where
                                                                 he puts them
      they won’t
                                                             hold       Djuturna
 
                                             She flows out
                                       of the gravelly
        bed
to     crash                                                             
away                                                                                    

…

Backing someone’s                                         
Suburban from the weedy
drive he hits the gatepost
                                     breaking a light

He is approached
 
                                by a large man
                                           speaking in threats
                                                              first of insurance
                                                                 then of the family

As Pahn fends off the man’s intimidation
                   economic
              social
The man resorts to saying
                                                           that he means to hurt
                            Pahn sexually

And Pahn realizes that this 
                                      is how he can be
hurt
                                         in his dreams

without
                                                   the reinforcement
 
                  of Djuturna
                                  accepting
 
      his body

                   and speech

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