gunmetal

there's a place

a blue and quiet place 

that could shake you wide open

and make your teeth feel loose

there's a sound

like footsteps or a heartbeat

that might send you kicking tulips 

and bend you like a willow

there's a rock

sunk deep inside your belly

that sometimes sets you swimming

in those rivers that run northward

and it moves you to sing

oh, my shining antimony

and it moves you to cry

oh, my shining antimony