Gaspard the nightwalker<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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ever-bright, like the flames of this<\/p>\n

land, refuse to land.<\/p>\n

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like fire, these rocks glint a surprise<\/p>\n

of ground-fog. you, too, see<\/p>\n

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the split\u2014watching it burn. grey<\/p>\n

parts for air. the whoosh of sky<\/p>\n

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and a moon, more than half-closed,<\/p>\n

gloat much\u2014too much for comfort<\/p>\n

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or curtain. so what if I would<\/p>\n

rather watch the fit from here?<\/p>\n

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see flame as the house, with no<\/p>\n

idea of ceil or sealing, but for what<\/p>\n

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one has taught and housed with it.<\/p>\n

this, my argument, do understand.<\/p>\n

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some call me the nightwalker,<\/p>\n

because I cannot be seen\u2014am,<\/p>\n

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essentially, invisible. I can set fire<\/p>\n

to bodies, then flirt a feather back<\/p>\n

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into tempered symmetry. darling,<\/p>\n

when I dare you back, I feel nothing<\/p>\n

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for you. walk out onto the air.<\/p>\n

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*previous version of this poem published in Ellipsis<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gaspard the nightwalker   ever-bright, like the flames of this land, refuse to land.   like fire, these rocks glint a surprise of ground-fog. you, too, see   the split\u2014watching it burn. grey parts for air. the whoosh of sky   and a moon, more than half-closed, gloat much\u2014too much for comfort   or curtain. … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shainamonet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/360"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shainamonet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shainamonet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shainamonet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shainamonet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=360"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.shainamonet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":365,"href":"https:\/\/www.shainamonet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/360\/revisions\/365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shainamonet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}