The Age the Lightning the Hand and the Leaf

the age has arrow hands
the age is a plant
that speaks like a naked bird
and sets traps of light

the lightning grows on a naked hand
the lightning speaks of eyeless age
and greets the naked arrows
that come from the heart of the void

the hand is as white as a plant feather
the hand is as white as a bird leaf
the hand carries a sleeping bell
through mute space
and alights on sleeping lightning

the leaf is a mute heart
the leaf forgets it is sleeping
it speaks like an empty bell
and wakes the white birds
that have been caught in a trap of age
the leaves exchange eyes
the leaves are white
like age light and space

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