A House With No Windows

A lock with no mouth.

A knot with no why.

An eye with no iris.

A needle with no eye.

 

A cage with no caesuras

Between its bars.

Five little fireflies

Trapped in a jar.

 

A razor with no edge.

A ledge with no drop.

A sign with no meaning.

A flute with no stop.

 

An arm with no veins.

A gust with no wind.

No gouge in the lid

To let the breath in.

 

A baby with no navel.

A breast with no nipple.

A proof with no theorem.

A blast with no rubble.

 

A house with no windows.

A house where I’ll stay.

Five little fireflies

Don’t make it a day.

 

A house with no nostrils.

A house with no feet.

A house with no mouth

That can smile or eat.

 

Meet me there, won’t you,

In your daydream of choice?

A vial with no blood.

A tube with no voice.


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