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the spirit of eternity is milky
it is from the breast when we are children
and then we give it up

it is a heavy cream
we circle into coffee
and then forget

oh spirit of eternity, we pray
come to us
unfold our notion of ‘a day’

oh spirit of eternity, we plea
remember us
as we await to enter thee

for your face is long as a sheet
and cold as a galaxy
your words are the sky in the evening
and the earth when we sleep

spirit of eternity
you are what we all hope to be:
the stillness
that brought us into being
and the push
that our mothers start

we won’t be finished in our graves
and we have you, we will always have you,
to thank