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Butterflied, ohYonsiri RojasI
fish-eyed, butterflied collectionof furrowed bones composed of dustand glitter scattered throughout the meadowthe gray-hued calcium boughs quiverat the poisonous, foetid breath of their beast…a skin sack stuffed with long rancid meat;sheathed in tettered flesh, a machete
II
a blood-colored glass of somethinghails onto the peppermint braids of greeneryaltogether the beasts croon about glory, thorns, warsfortresses built off your pearly lament sprout from the landmoonlight bathes the so-called clique of controlas merciful - but cunning - death abates the tempest.

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