I will leave when mountains walk
And mountain giant obliterates me
I will leave though first I will be
A thousand invisible creatures
Vole and wasp and a little bramble
Who keep praying
Let me never fucking leave
And I will burn every angel
Who comes for me
Until all my robes
Are the robes of dead angels
I will leave when I have been crushed
By every tree in the forest
And if after my 6000 rebirths
I have no eyes to see you
No ears that hear you
And I am slug not even cute-ugly
Ok time to hang em up
After this last game
I lie down
You leap
Scatter your dreams across me
Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi is the author of DISINTEGRATION MADE PLAIN AND EASY (Piżama Press) and THE BOOK OF KANE AND MARGARET (FC2 / UAP).
the Tuesday poem is curated by rob mclennan
