Earth, primordial veins
Cosmological lei lines
Compare, contrast
Base and ephemeral
To sensation, stimulation

A pocket full of candied-vision
Adulterated honey
Evaporating silk

Satellite streaks
Across my starscape

Pneumatic arched silicone
Saline and synthetic sugar
Soft focus in high definition
Hard plastic to the touch
Imperfections filtered

Out

Mylar stars
Spinning, dizzy
High profile
Elevating
If not, enlightening

Never
Not
In an eternity
Would I have traded
Your stars and orbits
Pulsars and nebulae
For tinsel and veneer

Never, not in an eternity

Earth, primordial veins
Universal lei lines
Compare, contrast
base and ephemeral
to sensation, stimulation

Never, not
In an eternity
Would I have traded
Your stars and orbits
Pulsars and nebulae
For tinsel and veneer

Never

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