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annie-2
Loneliness perches himself in my body Wrapping his hands tightly around my arteries and veins Hanging there Kicking at the my ventricles Laughing with his whiskey breath Even when distractions abound He captivates me with each swing Digging his toes into me Making purple marks The bridegroom tells me He feels the way I do He pours His own blood into me 'This may hurt,  but I understand you' 'I don't think there's anyone like You'
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Dec 16, 2012
Dec 16, 2012 at 12:59 AM UTC
This may hurt
The elephants can't stand anymore Their feeble legs Can't afford the weight of their profligacy While the ground cracks beneath them The whistling of the earth In the center There's a coal burning It sends its energy To each of its residents A woman scraping her eyelids on the street A decrepit cactus plant The drunk father next door Who beats his wife, spares his children and loves his dog But the elephants are happy If world is for our enjoyment Why does it **** us over?
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Dec 13, 2012
Dec 13, 2012 at 1:15 AM UTC
Profligacy
Our hands are lovely together Not because of their staunching similarity Or your smooth cracks Or my chewed up nails I don't mind the way Yours move across my thigh The temple of God And then find their way into truth and goodness Like trunks of two elephants And you whisper 'interception' I giggle to myself You're raising your eyebrows at me And in that expression I forget who we are But what's beautiful about our hands is the Cimmerian darkness that lies between our clasp It masks the depravity And feigns the glory Guarding hell at the edges of earth The record stops I fall asleep in your lap As you study my face Caressing my hair And holding our shadows all at once
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Dec 13, 2012
Dec 13, 2012 at 1:13 AM UTC
Cimmerian