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Elegy
The veil is drawn now. / How I wish it was ripped instead. / I'm reluctant to believe in the light...
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Mar 25, 2012
Hips Don't Help
Hips don't help / when I'm hightailing home / hurrying...
26
Feb 13, 2012
Hollowed Out
A black hole looms / and my worst fears are realized. / I don't have
10
Mar 25, 2012
I Couldn't Write. And Then Suddenly I Could Again.
Can you see the heaviness in my eyes? / Is that why you go? / Too far gone to be saved.
30
Dec 3, 2013
If Janus Could Talk, He Would Sound Like...Us
Mouths are not used for communication. / Rather they add to all frustrations, / Allowing lies, guile, and machinations.
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May 18, 2012
Ifs, Ands, Buts
A gash in my brow from side to side, / You split my skin nine stitches wide. / I don’t even have the cogency to cry.
19
Feb 29, 2012
Leaving I-30, Take Exit Ahead to I-40 E
When you look at a map, things look different. / We don't seem so far a p a r t. / Just a stretch of highway, w
21
Feb 14, 2012
Lengthening Shadows
Now here I am, driving west, trying to outrun the setting sun, / trying to forget that leaving you was the last thing I should’ve done. / Should’ve turned around right there, right then, and run back to your embrace,
5
Mar 6, 2012
Natural Selection(Dissection)?
It’s night. Deepest darkest blackest night. / I feel the pinch and fear of one hunted, / the prey run out of options.
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Mar 6, 2012
Nocturnal Prey
Don’t follow me in the car, don’t tell me who you are. / Don’t whisper in my ear, just to watch the fear / spark up in each eye, just because I’m scared to die.
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May 18, 2012
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