carly-aWhisper

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goodnight my loveyou whisper against my skin and I look down at the cave that’s in my chest, gaping and dark and bottomless, shouts echoing off the walls. you never let me rest, tapping and tapping at the insides of my skull. an isolated night heaves up in front of me, motionless and quiet and all the while, tapping and tapping. I can’t eat for the sound, can’t sleep, but I listen and stare as shapes and seconds shift by and fog rolls into my eyes. tides rise and break in my stomach, swells crashing over my eyelids, threatening to escape my mouth.

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OliveYou know what? / I *will* fight / Because it's difficult

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VoraciousYou smile and laugh, / Lightness incarnate. / I think about corrupting you.

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DelugeThe screaming in my head / It's getting louder / What is happening to me

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Mr. EphemeralLeather jackets and smoke rings. / Dark bars and motor oil stained fingers. / Varicolored skin and scarred knuckles.

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drown.You make me hurt inside. / This kind of hurt that steals my breath and upsets my stomach. / This hurt is so big that I often wonder how it fits inside my body. Maybe that’s why it hurts so much, because it’s too much, because it’s tearing out of my guts.

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Hey Lindsay, Do You Ever Think About Heavy Stuff?We're alone. / Really and truly. / Hey Lindsay, does this stuff make you woozy?

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"Anywhere."I flick the lighter on and off nervously. / The scratching echolalia is deafening in the stillness. / *Flick.* *Hiss.* *Flick.* *Hiss.*

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