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Greek Statue

With the help of people and the other elements
time hasn't done a bad job on it.
It first removed the nose, the the genitalia,
next, one by one, the toes and the fingers,
over the years the arms, one after the other,
the left thigh, the right,
the shoulders, hips, head, and buttocks,
and whatever dropped off has since fallen to pieces,
to rubble, to gravel, to sand.

When someone living dies that way
blood flows at every blow.

But marble statue die white
and not always completely.

[My memory] wants me to live only for her and with her.
Ideally in a dark, locked room,
but my plans still feature today's sun,
clouds in progress, ongoing roads.

Teenager

She knows next to nothing -
but with a doggeddness deserving better causes.
I know much more -
but not for sure.