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For every soliloquy preached, a demon is exorcised;
It is always better to speak than to die.
Too lazy to be ambitious,
I let the world take care of itself.
Ten days' worth of rice in my bag;
a bundle of twigs by the fireplace.
Why chatter about delusion and enlightenment?
Listening to the night rain on my roof,
I sit comfortably, with both legs stretched out.
Hummingbirds hover.
They know your kiss is so sweet.
Nectar on your lips.
  5d C J MILLER
Arii
I have signed a form
That I can’t turn back from.
I have raised a hand

Of which

cannot be undone.

I have held a blood-stained blade
That’s ruined another,
Scars, wounds, words and all,
Isn’t red a horrible colour?

Isn’t red a horrible colour?

I have made a deal with the devil
And it's given me a choice:

Be the monster
I always have been
Or
Fix myself
With a roll of dice,

Stain my hair
Bronze, silver and gold
Or
Dig through the dirt
At my feet,

Bite my tongue and
Hold my throat
Or
Clasp my hands together,
On my knees.

Isn’t red a beautiful colour?
Are being a bad person and doing a bad thing really the same?
  5d C J MILLER
Caits
I could just as easily
see you with your hands around my waist
as you kept me company
while i made drinks for our friends
and i triple checked my math
and you took the one
I wasn’t sure about
and said it was lovely
because
you love me
as i laugh
and we both play pretend
and i’m making
what i will come to call, the—-
1 oz of hibiscus simple syrup
1 oz of earthy gin
1/2 oz Campari
3/4 of lemon juice
3-4 slices of grapefruit
use one large ice cube and shake well, strain if preferred.
place pinch of kosher salt and rind of grapefruit in glass
(optional top with a soft prosecco)
I cry
when people
want to die

even
if I hate them,
strange?

no stranger
than the wars
that help people die everyday

no stranger
than the murderer
who is consumed with a
desire to ****

or simply ailed with boredom.

no stranger than me
who one day
cried because
I never died
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