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show me how the sun / hides if you call it / and in every fold and river stretch of summer / every mote of white dust settling / in winter and its oiled light / i call the sun / i am aware of every mile of skin you cross to touch me / every mile made and every stone / river-stone / in these walls / is this the sun / is this what you wanted me to see / i cannot bear to think of you now / your steady gaze / your autumn love / like a flower your hands closing around mine / how could i / where was this black heart in me / i pull it out in pieces / show it to you like the sun like reason / please forgive me / please want me still / in summer in winter / touch the silk of my skin / cross these miles again and say you'll have me / can i be enough / though walls on walls / and though the sun cannot enter here / beneath the surface i am cold / i am the sun but when it strikes the frozen glass of dark water / i am the sun but without heat and my light is thin and wavering / i want you / in every shape my mouth makes / all the press and lift / press and repeat / the sun shies back but i long to see it / i long for you to show it to me / bright lines and rhythm / fading / you are out of reach / i reach / it is inconceivable to me / the sun now / how could i / how could i