maxrjovbi, Here, you breathe me out
as I breathe you in—
your unappeasable memory
of me,
making my last attempt to flee
this lost but not shunned
empery
of thought,
will show whether I can hold
this breath
for more than one lifetime
or not.௸
© 2023 Max R. J. Ovbi.#maxrjovbi
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