- Vol. 04
- Chapter 02
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Image by Julien Menier
Genie’s Delight
Make a wish uponthis hardened vessel
of my rocky skin
of my sand scrape lower life
Make a promise ignited
by the flame of starlight
before the stars go dark
and I am forced to swallow you
Sing me something pretty
and meaningful to the lapping
of waves that erode our time.