from Defenestration by Indrani Perera
Yet still I live
though wax moons shine
and shed tears of blood
causing the shadow of the goddess
to fall like rain
upon my face
The primal chant wells in my soul
the symphony rising
in my drumming blood
her language coming unbidden
to the tongue
the essential worship beginning now
defenestration, n. the act of throwing a person or thing out of a window. – The Random House Dictionary of the English Language
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