The night-time forgetting of you,
I baracade myself against the world,
stacking pillowy, marshmallowy ghosts around my bed.

A rediculous fortress of falling-down faces.
Surrounding and half forgotten,
they hum at me in the dark.

12/28/2004

Author's Note: Buffa is italian and means "awkwardly clownish"

Posted on 05/06/2005
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