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Better Than I Ever Could
I want to slice you open, steal the bone and breath of you, and make a rattle to shake to remember the moment of your demise as a personal triumph. I want to crush your ever-dancing hands, cut out your … Continue reading
I fear the season’s change for us
I get a chill every night these days and I can feel it in my bones. I can’t escape the ice of it, the thing that comes home and shrieks in the wind, this winter of our relationship, where it … Continue reading
You’re An Old Love
I pick you up and put you down again, when I am weary of trying new things, or frightened of new things. Palm on your spine, thumbs spreading you. My eyes dart across what I have seen a dozen dozen … Continue reading
All Your Secrets
The slick that is the blood between us a redblack of wet where I have given birth to idea and cancer alike that eats my lungs and my heart if I were faced with you, I would put you down … Continue reading
I Still Got Wings
If she was the original sinner, damned for knowing, I imagine she won’t mind that growing — cynicism in her veins the gathering mistrust of everything she was supposed to love as it crumbles into dust flaming sword aside She … Continue reading