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Irises

by Betsy Martin

 

In sunlight,

cinnamon circles.

 

Chocolate zodiacs

in shade.

 

The black holes

in their middles

 

are for me

a downfall

sweet.

 

As I teeter

on the event horizon,

 

the fact impresses

itself upon me

 

that what is drawn

into the deepest heart

will not retreat.

 

Your gravity,

as I pitch,

 

pulls me,

moves me singularly,

with warm arms,

 

to the point

where I am crushed

to the infinite.