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Into the Cups

from The Liminal Hymns by Anaïs Believe

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line up all your familiar friends
in order of sober to not so
I will bring sense and order
I told you; I’ve got you
who is going to be the savior tonight
I am dying all the sheep white
face it alone at your own peril
into the cups
I could stare until the stillness
Sacked me between the eyes
As if in defiance of my washed hands
At the magical thinking state
Delight in my worry as I tumble
It round wondering who said it
First was it the stuffed bear and if so
Do I need to count in order after all
One sheep lead the next sheep then
Off the cliff to pig’s feet, after a few
Too many the inky depths are murky
Did this come from my carefully
Crafted coloured disaster fable book
Or is it simply a disordered mind ordering
Itself through space and time, expand the
Breath, observe the riddle, I had too much
But not nearly enough to confront the
Raw wounded parts of me I severed and
Kicked into some wrong hall to claw the
Walls and cry for the other parts of me
Left shivering, is this a whole self or is it
Splintering? In the light of day I’m sure
But certainty has a way of making monsters
In the night when Insomnia curls up and
Spoons me tight. I close my eyes again
To watch the play of colours cross my eyes
Is this another mirage of a miracle
A rainbow to mock the ark I built and
Then shoveled to the back of my
Consciousness in case the water comes

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from The Liminal Hymns, released April 20, 2019

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Anaïs Believe

Anaïs Believe hails from the Canadian wilderness. She has come to enjoy such modern things as electric tea kettles.
She is a self taught pianist and a classically trained opera singer. She counts Kate Bush, Coil, Tori Amos, and Leonard Cohen as influences. ... more

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