“fractious fractals”
Streetlamp fracture —
a hand lifts into stone.
Shadow pressed flat,
pavement swallows the gesture.
Petal of asphalt,
rain glosses its edge.
Wall breaks light,
a bird pivots mid‑air.
Faces blur,
glass aperture holds them.
Train breath,
shadow slides across tile.
Tongue of rain,
syllables scatter on tin.
Chalk petals,
erased by a passing shoe.
Stone cools,
light fractures its edge.
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