Remember the precious seconds
There is no one
To tie you down
You are only an animal under these trees,
Listening to the cicadas clicking
The two faces you wear
Are an archetypal artifact
You’re the person you hate
Two horns and a dolphin tail
Swimming through shadows
There is no one
Except one
You’re the person you love
Everyone can relax now
Excuses, excuses
Won’t take away bruises
But you fulfil your role
As the bearer of curses
Come, say the spaces
Come to the wild places
Watch the mirror of the moon
Praised in every phase
Oh, Narcissus’ soul-mate
The person you love to hate
Come outside, within
Is a foreign forest of familar feasting
Make me an instrument
Of placid temperament
And elastic sentiment
And ecstatic armament
Remember this precious second
The sheep and the goats are the gate
There is no one to punish
Everyone is an escape
We are animal, vegetable, mineral
Listening, still
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