Thus another pattern
is laid into a palimpsest,
like cities built on cities.
New iterations of schemata
entangle with the old.
Roots strangle roots
turning paths away
from any intention’s form.
The urgent surge searches,
like blind fingers flutter
across dead faces,
invoking ghosts to rise
darkly, to saturate the air
with earthy thickness.
(May 28, 2018)
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