Poem: Partition

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the smell of smoke lingering underneath your pointed jaw

blackened hearts served on a plastic platter

flesh wrapped in chiffon as the sun bakes our skin

a chilled zephyr blowing dust out of our sockets

and the sinking rays of violet intermissions seeping into frosted grass

with marrow in a golden chalice

a wish to be wistful for the release of breath

and the suffocation from a thicket of trees.