From the Empirical Archives: Paper Palace by Jami Kali

Paper Palace

Jami Kali

Kravice Waterfalls, Bosnia-Herzegovina
PHOTO: Sean MacEntee

Originally Published in the July 2012 issue of Empirical

Maybe today would be fun

if instead of fighting

we fuck

or walk under waterfalls

with heavy hearts

and whisper in each other’s ears

about eyes and Oms and odds

and fall forever

into a faster failing plan

involving paper palaces

and play-money.

Maybe today would be fun

if we call ourselves seeds

and count flowers in the forest

instead of earth’s faults

and find common ground

from which we’ve both sprung

and lower onto leaves

in surrender

to the Sun.

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