Kezziah Hopkins

i know we're deep in thought,
pondering, working things through,
trying to stay away from divination
but not to be stupid,
...

off they go, and i am glad for them.
but happy does not mean discontent,
and i can be hyper and patient
at the same time.
...

oh, urgency, that dreadful boulder
looming towards your head...
urgency, the drive to think more
quickly-march in time, perform
...

Who am I?
And who are you?
And why does it matter?
Why do we have to think?
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you'll be flying, soon (look away, sweet home) ,
above the prose, the poetry, and all of the ideas
you've had-above the dim mirage
of future, through the looking-glass
...

I searched and I searched for the
Magic words, and they ran in my
Mind like the stream that somehow,
Stumbling, falling, falls forward, falls
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i do not desire my actions, either,
but i am clinging to my intentions.
oh, it's a feeble clinging, i'll give
you, but please help me hold on;
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a fasting man once told me
his intentions didn't work-
he tried to think of higher things,
but he just wanted food
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let me long to love, always,
more than to be loved

but let me always know, dear God,
...

in the woods, not very far from the
road, there’s a creek.
it comes upon you suddenly,
trickling down from some secret birth-place
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do you remember when we watched the moon
(ostensibly) that night, shivering in the cold,
sitting on the hill afraid to speak?
i think i told you then i liked your nose,
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