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Wonderful Moonlight
The effect of moonshine on water,
like cries of a wood owl or cigar smoke;
like a cushion being primped
or cat treading in new snowfall.
The water wears the face of the moon.
The moon drinks the water, bathes in it,
swims among its milky currents.
It’s enough to make a fox laugh,
moonlight skimming along a surface;
like an ice-skater on a frozen canal
or a cold blade being dragged
through the warm ashes of human remains.
Like a virgin’s skirt being lifted,
as she weeps, high over her head.