to take words higher is the aim

to watch a gull peck them mid-air

lift

turn

swoop

push through the wind

eyes on ice mouth a sore chill

search for sounds in the sand

in the cave of a meaning

throat/mind a dry riverbed of speak

that buries consonants like bullfrog eggs

nutritious drought tucked under potential

torrents turn and tease

caught on the desert corner

of a book in a grain

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