[the shadow's knife]

      the shadow's knife

      has sneaked around

      the summer's

      semitropical

      starting gate

      and brushed my heart -- i shiver



      my shoulders missing the scarf

          of

              your full arms



      look

      i am a shadow

      really

      let your slim frame

      pass through

      like Moses through water



      the strong Moses

          and crazy Jesus  poor guy

      are my ancestors







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