vine on the wall

WORDS:

burn the twigs with frankincense,

                    and each year the vine waxes stronger.

weaving itself across the wall
       like a neck adorned with lavalieres.

ivy ebbs and flows. fauna flaunts itself;
each year

swelling, expanding, trespassing

                       across neighbours borders

boundaries appropriated.
cut. snip. burn.

across the walls of the mind,
they watched the roots seek vengeance.
do not prune
       and remember
vines are less pliable than bitter white vinegar.
cut. snip. burn.

the saps seeps envy. 
cut. snip. burn.
cut. snip. burn.

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