kinmaker make me
where you dwell inside the leaves
make me kinmaker in the leaves
limbs of the heart bend down below the black water
walking slow past all the guards
with the key inside its stem
by leaf and leave love comes gathering down the lenticels
wrought by wind he makes his show upon the grass
all fathers watch behind death’s cage
kinmaker make me sound the awning of the earth
slow bright beetles creep over the graves
like barrow-wights aglow
the sun writes his epitaphs into their skin
kinmaker make me like you
you never gave me the mark
cut it into my skin
and I’ll be you