Major Arcana by miscellaneous owl

Divination
At the Rag and Bone on Newbury Street
I saw you trying on those new blue jeans
Buying charms against mortality

You had the face
Of the Empress in my Rider-Waite deck
Starry crown around the stories in your head
Mystic flowers scattered round your bed

Major arcana
Every part of you is a card in the suit that I draw from again and again
Major arcana
Your arms were spread like a cross on the bed as you called me your dearest friend

The sun, the moon, the stars
Coalesced in the fog of your breath
All the signs aligned
To tell the story of your death

Illumination
You were the pictures to my manuscript
You were the ghost of sweetness on my lips
All gold and silver like a priestess

How strange to think now I can count the days we spent together
Enumerate each image like an eidetic fortuneteller
Your eyes shone like a dialtone
Inhuman, empty, and clear
As you handed me your winter boots,
Said you'd be gone by this time next year

Major arcana
Every part of you is a card in the suit that I draw from again and again
Major arcana
Your arms were spread like a cross on the bed as you called me your dearest friend

I'm in the line to say goodbye at the Church of the Holy Cross
The object in the box looks like you but it's not

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