"F l o w e r s__A n d__S t a r s" c.

The Rainfall Drives Down______Cold and Clean
I hold You______Closer
You hold Me__Tighter
in the Valley of Death's Garden

"Don't leave Me....
Please don't leave Me!"

But I'm
________Dying
______________Dying
____________________Dying

in the Garden...

Dying in Your Arms
Dying in the Rain..........................cold and clean
_____________________(Dead in Your Arms)
glitters like gold....
_____________________(Tears and Pain)
Flowers and Rain................./_________Splattering
__________________(Screaming)
Echoes
________(Dreams)
_________and letting go________of Life,
cutting the cord
(don'tleavemepleasedontleavemepleased)
drowning in the womb
(comebacktomepleasecomebacktomepleasecomebac)
It's Suicide
____________in the Garden
(screamscreamscreamscreamscreamscreams)
Flowers and Blood/......................Falling Rain/.............................Running Red/
_______Dead in Your Arms/.........................Walk into the Light/...................Colours So Bright/

Healing and Heaven and
_________________________Flowers and Stars/

18, July 1990
West Village NYC, USA

From "I'm Not Afraid of The Dark" Collection of 21st Century Poetry, Flowers and Stars, copyright by




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