Three thirty in the morning
The candle stump squats
On wax legs, two streams of wax
Down the sides, claw footed
Clutching the candlestick
Like a dinosaur with skin
The color of fossilized bones
Its plumed red head hunched
Between arched shoulder blades
The last of the wine
Sticks in the glasses undrunk
The record spins at its end
Click, click, click
Now is time for incense dreams
Crushed grape dreams
The satin sleep of wine
Sleep
is plumed red head a little purple prose?
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