Saturday, April 18, 2020

Bred to Endure Another Room


academic or alchemic or scholars petrified.
such rings in wood, such chipmunks in
season, such kindred ambassadors. furious
torque, robotic replies, while despised for
not dying softly. Love was terrible, if we
dare December, it was one door into a corridor.
patient tares or esoteric attraction if but to die
a tidbit: it was mother’s face, another’s voice,
I kneeled into mud: guts churning liquor to
rug, the world looked amazing. such gentle
shores such seahorse tropes while a
seven-year-old guzzled a Bud Wiser. adults
gave lungs, a guffaw imploded, I refused!
rendezvous pain. tense jelly. or more rooms.

Time was Brief

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