Things Not Meant to Be

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    Things not meant to be

    The saddest sound

    is made

    when wooden lips collide

    across the string divide.

    Stomboli laughed

    at foolish puppets

    mimicking the grandest acts

    of life.

    Mangiafuoco was more kind;

    set me free

    with coins and a sad shake of his head

    when he heard the tale

    of two puppets kissing -wooden lips bump

    to the sound

    of earth hitting a coffin lid.

    When my wood turned to skin

    I sought her out.

    She had been devoured by the fire;

    there was nothing left

    but memory: the texture

    of wood on my lips

    the sound of a wooden club

    as it connects to the small head

    of a fur seal pup.

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