At A Remove

J.D. Harms
Nov 6 · 1 min read
Photo by Tomas Brambora on Unsplash

it is the other who leaves, it is I who remain” — Barthes

I clothe this look into sadness
pull absently
at the hairs that keep me
grounded
but, too, float off my head
into spiral patterns
of affiliation
of dealing with dereliction

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J.D. Harms

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committed to the aesthetic voice, forever charmed by the endurance of myth, aiming for synthesis

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