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Marie, Marie, I glow for you
from the inside out
can you not see me glowing?

I brought the stones to you
putting them in your indifferent pockets
piling them like crushed Stonehenges on your porch
bismuth, feldspar, the dangerous ores of love

your heat attracts me now
I cannot shield myself from your eyes
my life is measured in half-loves
inexorable, growing like pale lichen
on a moonless night

my disease clicks madly
bright machines do not wash it away
I dream I lay dreaming
in water too heavy for my skin
I am drained and plumbed
a tablet scored deeply by desire

Marie, Marie, there is no cure for this love
and from the inside out
I am glowing



Dale Arthur