"My Favorite Book" by Michael Bazzett from COTTONMOUTH JOURNAL

My Favorite Book

is the one that rustles
when there is no wind,
when the day is still
coming into consciousness,
when the fine fishbones
of light have not begun
to slide across the floor,
its pages slowly turning
into something else,
shifting slowly as the shifting
leaves mark seasons,
murmuring about time,
murmuring out of turn,
falling into rhythm
with my breath
as the day unfolds
my body into yours
and we hope
for a little more darkness—

Copyright © 2025 Michael Bazzett All rights reserved
from Cottonmouth Journal
Reprinted by Verse Daily® with permission

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