For Li Bai

from There Was a Car Crash Here by Marshall Milton

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A moth took its flame
Over wilting walls, and lanterns spilt of spoils
Its wings were faberge, and roiling
As it looked down from above
And knew itself by its wanting

Finstre schwarze Riesenfalter
Who better to inherit the moon
Her silver silhouette reflected by
The black surface of a pond

It set itself on a reed
Gazing at the mizuous mirror
And drunk on the soft wine
Of unrequited tears
It sighed with the wind
Preparing to dive in
If only once to touch her face

She raised a murky smile
For sought she too its embrace
Though craterless shone her countenance
Her true face was miles away

How it craved to embrace the soul
It thought that it saw smiling there
As it cut its cord from blue September's air

Luna chided the lust struck moth
Thou knowest not what fate thou facest
To join me thou must climb the stars
We'll perhaps embrace at heaven's gate

Did you know joy, oh moth
While reaching for the moon
Sinking were you raised up
Or was your flame extinguished
By lust

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from There Was a Car Crash Here, released May 31, 2017

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