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my body is a trash can / a dumping ground for mistakes / every day is a morning after
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Jun 4, 2012
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Ex nihilo: you, refusing to apologize / I wonder / if the world that your eyes violate and consume
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Oct 12, 2016
A Burglar Would Be Kinder
A burglar would be kinder / They would take what they wanted / And run
14
Dec 13, 2012
After the Wedding
I watched what you did to me / In the hotel’s bathroom mirror / I didn’t want to run even though
20
Dec 17, 2012
An Affair
Crawling on all fours, traffic drags its bleeding body forward. / Men with collars of lipstick *tap tap tap* their fingers against steering wheels. / Time slows, cars inch, passing hands find cigarettes, cigarettes find fire.
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Nov 25, 2012
Another
Another cigarette in bed, / another sleepless night. / The cats have prowled,
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Sep 23, 2014
Anything Unceasing
Before, / Chaos reigned each day / The ground quaked with the weight
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Feb 26, 2013
black lies
those **** eyes / those **** lips / cry black lies
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Nov 4, 2013
Blood and Ice
A barbaric thing, winter’s price / The crude symphony of blood and ice / Through cataract windshields
18
Dec 30, 2012
Blood Moon
There's a blood moon in those eyes / by your heart shaped tattoo / and if an eclipse was for wishing,
16
Apr 16, 2014
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