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[billy]

"Lively faced and meek
her cheeks stained Russian
pink. My baby girl stranger
from afar."

First Enclosure

Her eyes the still cold color
of freshly tilled earth, a leaky
pair of faucets, as they were.

Willing Patrons

Lips bitten deeply with a wonderous
confusion like no other, her head lay
in pieces on the already scattered floor.

Tipping the Waiter in the Sky

Trodden rows of teeth hooked and
lined romantically within her jaw,
she closes her favorite book again,
one last time.

"The soft willow bark sheds and falls,
soft blue doves float on the edges of
never, and so they shall be."

i'm not sure if i read this as a single piece or as 5 individual pieces?
i'll take it as the former.
if i do then the carousel transitions from one verse to the next with ease.
i'm not sure the quotation marks are needed.

the piece is rife with great images, vignettes that leave the reader chilled. to many to mention any in particular.
the 'and so they shall be' feel superfluous to the poem for me.
other than the nits i mentioned i enjoyed it (jmo)
thanks for the read