my shadow

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she wears an honest face

a taunting grin

and all my secrets as tattoos.

her hair

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it’s like the liver chestnut coat of the sable island stallion

that lighthouse window feral beauty,

wild

crashing

untamed

waves.

my shadow

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is a mystery,

fleeting like writing in the sand.

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sui generis,

yet tethered.