Ben Redhead
Mud Piece
moveless moss scene, mind when,
earlier times, all covered in this happy
mulch.
know how to turn words into worms,
and send them into the clayish soil
from where pots spring.
the first paint was animal blood,
language is a compost
and when you speak
I think you are a heavy stone,
a lonely weight,
barely resisting a gravity
which would return you
clotting
to land.
for when the ground is wet
of dream, this protective silver
can let go for you.
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