Child of mine laying

lateslumbered in arms,

cradle-comforted

and milk laden.

Eyelids flutter their

way to morning and

breath

falls

on

skin

faintly as bricks of

lamplight, returned from

empty bitter-sweet

streets, glow like bank

bullion or building

blocks cast in bronze.

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