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This is My Part by S. Thomas Summers

I’ll watch
night twist –
a succulent
vine choking a tire
swing’s rope, tangling
through an elm’s
autumn hair: the art
of an hour. You’ve
slid beneath
sleep, the air
too heavy for your
lungs. I’ll breathe
it deep, choke on
shadows braided
into twine.
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