the houses of stairs
the stairs are in fours in the houses of stairs
but the number will multiply when no-one is there
the rooms are all quartered and their dreams come in pairs
and the sea from the windows is as bright as white paint
it can be traced in diagonals
through doors and in chairs
but diagonals decline from the perspective of stairs
figures for faces will mannequin there
where the air is a vacuum and the birches are near
the birds are all of paper
of oriental design
they can be traced in diagonals and folded in lines
I will come here one day for tea when its time
when its cold and I’m told that I’ve drawn my last line
and the figures will fill out the sea like white ink
and the dreams will descend in two’s and in halves
while the stairs ribbon down and the steam moves in scarves
nothing will shatter
someone will laugh
then we’ll all shake-rattle down
like bones from a cup
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