by a pond

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laying down on the grasses
outside where the water and the ground meet
leaving ripples and broken grass
breathing on the air
feeling cold breeze
feeling warm everywhere else
until the sun goes away and
the moon shows up cold
with the stars and the few clouds
slipped into the water then
careful to make the sounds of slipping
quieter than the sounds of wings buzzing
and underwater all the sounds are like heartbeats

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drifting down the slope of silt
skin looks whiter with everything else so dark
speckled with mud green and wet with moss
heavy on limbs
already heavy with sleep just woken
a few moments before
pushing out further underwater

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And bright light warming splitting through drops of water
splintered and warm lighted dust with green and gold
warming skin like a cover over nervous shaking
talking through humid air over drinks laughing and touching hands
or hair the colors brought out more bright the reds and yellow
glow with what little is left of the water
in your hair
is now only just a dream in the dark in the water

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It's quiet now
No leaves, brittle dead things flitting against each other
Their hissing talk drowns to silence
turning black and heavy with water
and sinks
As most all things would