Lease - The body ghost: poems

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Text is set in Bookman Old Style Pro. the light thats burning every second now say moon, say ink, say stay in loveand eyes are masks and masks are eyessay moon, say ink, say stay in love once more I smell the dew and rainthe light thats burning everythingthe elegies are taking off their clothessay moon, say ink, say stay in love and some guy screams on Christmas Eve his eyes like rain, his face like iceand weave a circle round him thricewe drink to death, we smear the skysoft windthe soul beneath the soul beneath the soul he fell apart, he rained, he flew, he sang and some guy screams on Christmas Eve we drink to death, we smear the darkblue windhis stain of faded storm light in my mouth