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Two​-​Headed Turtle

from In the Palace of Green Porcelain by Helen America

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Two-headed turtle
nuclear friendling
soft folds of eyemilk
that portend the ending
clouds of white phosphorous
gather above you
and break into seedlings
so why do I love you

The skin on your brain
coarse and arid as emery
its oils entangled
in fractals of memory
I trace my whole life on
your fractured enamel
your eyelids in dreaming
you wander so far
there is no taste sweeter
we live on a star

The quiet machine
takes its heart to the ocean
I try to remember
the patterns of motion
I spend all my money
on buying you lettuce
we hide in my room where
no noise will upset us

Worn cloudy like seaglass
our angles have softened
we look out the window
not terribly often

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from In the Palace of Green Porcelain, released December 4, 2009

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Helen America Seattle, Washington

Helen America is a singer/songwriter, cartoonist, and multimedia visual artist. Her music is deeply personal and passionate avant-garde indie-chamber-pop, with the dense lyricism of Joanna Newsom, the visionary weirdness of Jeff Mangum, and the raw emotional energy of Patti Smith. ... more

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