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My Wilderness

by v.m.

my wilderness 
is haunting
unfamiliar
speaks to me
of legendary fruit
ripe for 
the picking.

Once

(miss) under
	  stood

among the wrecks of man(un)kind,

I struggled
		
	to
	stand
	under

my eyes once blinded by 
purple flashghosts
of being observed
(caught on paper)
for your pleasure 
(my discomfort) 
have swallowed cities whole

now 

wielding the word
I wanton thoughts
their proper place
and shoot them
at falling stars.

v.m.