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not dead, just generally absent
It hurt
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when I fell
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off my bike,
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skinning my knees
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against the asphalt.
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I looked up in sho
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rodent
a rat burrows through my flesh, into my stomach, hiding next to my liver.
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they stitch me back up,
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untitled no. 1
I.
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there have always been two constants;
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i am weak, and you are strong.
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you are dark, predator
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deity
i demand the thunderstorms to appear.
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i come in waves of dust and flood.
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i am a feared being, /
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the moon loves you
the moon loves you so dearly
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as she illuminates your features in the darkness,
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casting shadows t
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rat
i am not a bad person.
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i was born in the cellar of a murderer's home, welcomed into the world by a
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___
i'm no stranger
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to bathtubs and sinks full of red water
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to red-stained sleeves
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to blood loss.
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memory 01
you made your bed with
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the quilt your grandmother made for you as a child,
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before she got sick.
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what i know of your family
a glimpse of the brightness i once saw radiate from you
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shined for me one last time
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as you laid
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memory 02
it's winter time now.
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your grandmother's quilt
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is gone now -
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it has been for some time.
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you
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