dust

dust – gathering
dust – breeding

building their unattended kingdoms
in the secrecies of the heart

dust – in networks grey and white
dust – thin and soft

on the surface of the water in the neglected glass
on the leaves of the houseplant, in the drops of rain
on the window from the sky

thickening the air with textures –
beneath your fingernails, all thru the silicon maze –
on the promises too easy
on the cares that barely signify
on the indolent eye, in the waste between
the furthest star and your flickering arms

layer on layer
year on year
secrecy over history
boredom over tears

skin cells in their dying fall
captured in a cage of sunlight
carbon & silver explode in nebulae
a thousand microscopes thrown across the sky

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