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Literature Text
he is a man of
few words, heavy sighs, dark smiles
and deeper meanings
few words, heavy sighs, dark smiles
and deeper meanings
Literature
In Name Only
the last great novel to annex a king
we sang songs and hymns in the western twilight
. . .
intergalactic lanes
distances that break minds
here we are
a gyroscope hurtling through space
a great marble cue ball of blues, whites, and greens
but you leave that terra verandah son,
you get out there north of Saturn,
passing by the rings on your way to Neptune...
and it's as though the whole apparatus
all nine spheres is stood on end
and there you are, staring down that ancient well
staring down at the Spanish moss couture of Louisiana live oaks
staring down at West Texas oil rigs
staring down at Kilimanjaro, Erebus, and Wrangell-St. E
Literature
Demons
Demons don't die
They hide
Underneath memories
Underneath emotions
Foreign
In their immense power
They reside
Deep in the bones
Their whispers seep
Through tired muscles
They persist
Through gaps in lucidity
Their touch excites
Needle sharp
In the naked brain
On the ice-cold skin
Fright
Repeats its patterns
Demons cut
Their twisted way
Into the mind broken
Shifting shadows
Haunt
The lonely silence
Literature
this is hospice
some of the most homely comfort
i've ever known,
i found in hollowed-out bones
and temples,
built from the sticks and stones that broke them.
our hearts beat like gravediggers knocking on tombstones and
i thought shovel-on-stone wouldn't
change me, but
at the end of the day it was just as
self-destructive as
i am.
and our teeth, they chatter like
rock drills
hammering against each other until
there's nothing left to prove and
all that's left is a powder residue on every bathtub rim
(the one in the sink is tinted red,
and that's how i learned how hard it is to
hide your mistakes).
i could never take it back.
the long nights and unintended wor
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This is not me haha