Daye 11 / Your August May Last Forever If You Cannot Autumn Your Mind

you know
your august may last forever
if you cannot autumn your mind
and I will not
autumn mine
no I will not
autumn mine
there’s a photograph of a child
standing in a field by a dark car
his aura is smeared
across his head
bright innocent and white
never lose your halo
to remind yourself that it’s still there
you touch the crown of your head
you know
your august may last forever
if you cannot autumn your mind

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today the calender
is due to stop
there are no further dates
after the 22nd
last of the autumnul light
blazing in through the blinds
halfway down the stairs
interference pattern
radiates across
the white floorboards
voices
in the next room
to which there is no
noticeable entrance
or from behind walls
that sometimes are not solid
this is for you she sings
her voice goes over the fields towards manchester
the girl who once dreamed me into being
is beginning to dream me away
I plead with her
next time please dream me in colour
but she no longer responds to my voice
my eyes are beginning to fail
her dream is a dud
around a bend on the river
the lights come in
they will carry me off
to who knows where