{"id":2597,"date":"2019-09-12T08:50:26","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T12:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/?p=2597"},"modified":"2019-09-12T08:50:26","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T12:50:26","slug":"rounded-like-a-bottle-of-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/12\/rounded-like-a-bottle-of-wine\/","title":{"rendered":"rounded like a bottle of wine"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

rounded
\nbecause we are
\nno longer rough around the edges<\/p>\n

rounded
\nas we breathe in restless moments
\nwaiting for life to unfold
\nin a ravishing symphony of chaos<\/p>\n

rounded
\nin the terrible morning light
\nas we stare at grass
\nthat is still wet
\nwith the fading truth of night<\/p>\n

rounded
\nas greedy trees
\nlean against
\ndistressed and grey skies<\/p>\n

rounded
\nas fat, impertinent birds
\nwhisper day old songs
\nin the muggy september air<\/p>\n

rounded
\nlying in wait
\nfor a curse
\nand the harvest moon<\/p>\n

rounded
\nlike the magician
\nsitting with a black cat
\ndirecting cosmic traffic<\/p>\n

rounded
\nlike the edges of
\ntarot cards
\nrevealing uncertain truths<\/p>\n

rounded up, rounded down
\nrounded by logic
\nand passion\u2019s crown<\/p>\n

rounded
\nin a vulgar and insensitive world
\nexposed
\nand always offended<\/p>\n

rounded
\nas the killers of the world
\nhave finally gone soft<\/p>\n

rounded
\nbecause sometimes
\nit’s bettered to be scarred
\nas we watch idle forms of death
\nloitering from a distance<\/p>\n

rounded
\nas we wait with baited breath
\nto see what painful beasts
\nwill be born
\non the empty shores of tomorrow<\/p>\n

rounded
\naround
\nthis confused
\npronoun<\/p>\n

rounded
\nbecause sometimes
\nwe are so alone
\nand love is so often
\nthe last day of beauty<\/p>\n

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