A Pyramid of Needs

As the sky fell down on the sleeping town
Where they slept in enclosed arms
He dreamed of her and she of he
As if the world had deemed them charmed

As the sky fell down on the dreaming town
All motion-stop and coronal flame
He dreamed she dreamed of him alone
In a world washed free of shame

As the sky fell down on this shanty town
Where the sleepers rattle nightly
She dreamed he kept her safe from harm
In an embrace not taken lightly

April 2011

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