​​​​​​​What did I feel?
Lying there
Lying to them
Flattened 
By their lies

Above me 
Heads in motion
Cool rising
From painted stone walls
rows of canned peaches
left eye 
Swelling 
soaring 
Over prone form

There is an attic
Where nobody goes 
plastic-covered uniforms 
To crouch behind 
Dust-coated theology 
Hexagon panes
That nullify the swinging bulb
And make the floaters sparkle 

A spy perch
A clawed soaking tub
loose hardwood concealing 
chocolate 
coins
Confessions 

I climb
just fitting 
Inside the high cupboard 
Scaling 
The bow-roofed 
Fence abutting shed

You harp on found objects 
Me and Caddy Compson
Petting severed ponytails
Descending the trellis 
Mourning for drowned kittens
Drowning too

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