OMONIA

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OPAL

Lift your eyelids
reveal the opals of your eyes 

among the acacia trees
let me in to the hills behind your teeth 

it keeps going upwards upwards upwards

lush are the woods
the mountains are asking your eyes 

to run far 

into my marvel quarry night
where rocks are veined and soft
and skin is pure as night 

it keeps going upwards

AGLOW

boy I feel so honored 

I have seen you sleep
at night you seem so open
if only I could lift your heavy lids

the shampoo bottle label’s so dramatic I could crumble 

childhood water

give me the after shower power 

golden globes

the solace of your leaves 

nature’s power’s so overt 

I want your fingers on my lips
I want eyes on my hips
I want to stroke your bowl cut hair 

I want your fingers everywhere 

future is a tower
I’m looking at the flickering women
I walk among the flowers

but your rose it is the lushest 

the tragedy unfolded so dramatically

my heart it still stumbles 

darling won’t you remove your breast plate?

I feel frayed and I feel torn
mother of pearl

I’m in a porous state

in the dark his eyes are my flambeau
he’s my guiding light to follow

everywhere I go 

boy I feel so honored 

I have heard you whisper in my ear 

but now I made you disappear

I fear I’m going to whither 

for your blood and shadows my mind is all aglow 

we stretch summer in Rome 

resting our eyes on the domes 

a whole body on five toes 

kiss beneath the pines 

marble boy be mine 

house plants 

NACRE

still you exist in the movements of my body
and your sweater on a hanger 

is like a ghost on the wall 

I remember
there was a ferry 

and an island 

we were getting nearer to the island 

now in my dreams 

I protect myself from you 

in evacuation shelters

the radio 

the oranges 

I’d rather be a baby 

than a sitter
I want to be held in your arms 

cover me in your mind’s broken laces 

we stretch summer in Rome 

resting our eyes on the domes 

a whole body on five toes 

SEA SHELL 

your password is 

outside
my password is 

the one for you 

the book that we read aloud 

was stolen in the alley 

cotton cotton cotton pillow

soft against your skin 

cotton cotton cotton pillow

very softly

my sea shell baby 

ARMOR

darling, you 

you should be the one 

to hold my head up high 

but your armor 

your leaden armor 

hangs so heavy on your shoulders 

sometimes you 

confuse me with a soldier 

but I’m your lover

I have told you 

when I come near you

I do it to remove 

the splinters from your 

wounded chest 

you and me 

me and you
my hands are soaked in glue

but you have got 

scissor hands 

your heart is tied 

with rubber bands 

GIRLS 

I run away from home

because you make me feel like a bad copy 

of all the girls you’ve ever known 

leave me to my nursery room
I’m only a girl
I’m too fragile to survive your pearl bullets 

I better wear a flack jacket under my skin 

built up a protection wall within 

why should I stay
when I already know the end of the road 

well, it depends

it depends
so give me a reason 

to pull down my fences again 

ROME 

I share a glass of water with my house plants 

we’re keeping each other alive
I can’t believe it is the same moon
I didn’t think we’d have to strive

I didn’t realise I was in danger
but you turned out to be a stranger

I didn’t realise I was in danger
but you turned out to be a stranger

we stretch summer in Rome
resting our eyes on the domes
a whole body on five toes 

ARISTOKRAT 

my trees 

can’t hold on 

to their leaves 

anymore 

my branches 

are bristling 

in all directions 

my trees 

can’t hold on 

to their leaves 

anymore 

my branches 

are bristling 

in all

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