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The Loneliest Monk – A poem by Thax Douglas

Aug 15, 2008

trees sawing away at tune-stairways the phosphorescent sap of which leads gophers taking their fur for granted up to the next life-giving level, their very hesitation providing the energy for their ascent, coughing the excess life out of their jaws. -8/14/08 Hideout

Thax Douglas