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ACHERNAR



When I was 

	     under the river I

could see maps

	     of fission

     	bright on

     	the hooks

     	of dusk



When I was

	     under the river I

could see pain

	     like a piston

     	pump in

     	each splendid

     	chest



When I was

	     under the river I

	     could see my

face from out

the back of

my head



When I was

	     under the river I

     	could see the eyes

	     of my love from

	     the bottoms 

	     of my feet

	          	staring back

at me



When I was

     	under the river a

ghast sang

	     in the drastic

	     hours, sang

	     a thing I won't

	          	tell you



When I was

	     under the river 

the birds 

	     made a home

	     in my femur

I won't tell you

	     what the birds did

there



When I was

	     under the river I

heard sounds

	     wearing the mask

	     of other sounds



When I was 

	     under the river

the fields

	     were in the lights

there was a black

tanker aground

in those fields



When I was 

	     under the river

the ocean remained

in place, that is

all I can tell you

about the ocean



When I was

	     under the river

	     my mouth 

	     was a dolphin

the dolphin

	     had an egg

	     in its mouth



When I was

	     under the river

the ghast painted

     	its name

on those

	     very stairs



When I was

	     under the river I

was my brother

	     and he ain't

having any