Fleeing Alice

I jump into a hole

in a sense I am fleeing Alice
or just playing hide'n'seek

the landscape of my childhood
is full of holes

the war left craters
and red rust relics
of industry

my intention is to hide
amongst the weeds

some say I am a weed

they say it's deadly nightshade
and to touch it is to die

and while I know it is not true
still I feel a frisson
as my hands pass through the leaves
and touchdown on dry dirt

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