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 Jan 2021 Exosphere
max
let me drown myself in music
as if the words are water
from the salty blue sea,
flooding my lungs,
losing consciousness,
simply drifting away

the ocean seems peaceful,
safe and calm,
the thought of drowning
is comforting

the ocean is where i belong
where i was born
and where i will die

i was a boy who drowns
in another life
 Jan 2021 Exosphere
Bogdan Dragos
high school dropout

out of a job

out of options

soon to be out of the
rented studio
apartment

he went to the local bar
and drank himself
to the point he had to *****
to make room for more
and next thing
he knew
he was dating a woman
named Cactus

Life can get pretty
weird when
you don’t live it
consciously

I knew the guy and heard
he moved in
with his lover
and started a new life

I really, really hope the
headline
“LOCAL ALCOHOLIC DEVELOPS SCHIZOPHRENIA,
DISMEMBERS GIRLFRIEND
PLANTS HER LIMBS IN FLOWERPOTS,
STICKS NEEDLES IN THEM”
is not about him
https://bogdandragos.com/2021/01/07/a-woman-named-cactus/
 Jan 2021 Exosphere
WJ Thompson
You know well the verdant bed of aster
       stretched limb along the rolling *****
       tucked between the redwood trunks
Piercing eyes peak back with bared fangs
       melting, molding into tilted neck, curious.
In your mind, anyway, but in reality,
      the fuzzy forest creatures bend their
      backs subdued.
The earth has her muzzle on, for now.
But dragons;
Dragons are real and they like to whisper
in our ears.
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