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A Light That Clings

Joseph Murphy

I wake in the half-world of our time,
Willing the whittle of my thoughts
Into a wind-shaped mask.

So much takes shape as I sift through these words.

Here’s a once fallow wish
That’s taken root
On my tongue’s brim; a sprout
Ascending through the sway of this line.

Here’s a sweetness that won’t recede
As I press forward; the weave
Of a well-felt moment
Removing a shard from my torn cuff.

Here’s the sea’s pitch and pull; the roiling
Of winnowed dreams; a light that clings
To the nib of my thoughts.

Nothing seems shallow;
Limiting.

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