come by next shed

come by next shed

of rain sucking down ₁
through soil, i think ₂
i shall die, ₃
be sucked down ₄
in beds of lye ₅
and thank only the sweet ₆
giving sky and you ₇
for your different help, ₈
both of you. ₉
thank you for your purity ₁₀
sweet tranquility. ₁₁
i will worship ₁₂
as much of that, ₁₃
at least the illusion of that ₁₄
from my death bed, ₁₅
from my death bed, ₁₆
from my death bed, ₁₇
from my death bed, ₁₈
from my death bed, ₁₉
from my death bed, ₂₀
from my breath said ₂₁
come sky and ask the dead ₂₂
n’why they nod heads ₂₃
on necks thick as breads ₂₄
and chew grave grass instead ₂₅
of the fear that you ₂₆
breast fed the children, ₂₇
to our children, ₂₈
to those children ₂₉
alive and some by nest fled– ₃₀
fledglings to the sky, ₃₁
the greedy sky ₃₂
eats them while i worship, ₃₃
while i lie down to die. ₃₄
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