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Do Not Shift Lid


The fourth wall
Three panels around me,
Dead now but once living
Rows of lights I'm waiting to fall

Asymmetrical squares,
Extending, paddocks in the sky
An aerial view upside down
A stockmarket with no shares

Goes on and on and on
Sheath of glass keeping an eye,
Reflecting a thousand thoughts,
A narcissistic song

Strip of black marking the edge,
A marker, leading to white,
Lineated, stopped in its track
This water needs no lemon wedge

Enough bite, light and tangy,
Ingrained in the smooth raises
Forever pointing down, or around
Leading to an end uncanny

Into the well you fall
Like the pale moon shaking hands with the stars,
The grey plaster peering through white paint,
Caged by this fourth wall.




Poetry by Caila Ihle
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Written on 2006-09-23 at 10:21

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