untasted words leave the lips of the mercury man,
he is slim and sublime,
attenuated to the bridge of his nose,
but his trunk is thick and sturdy

he holds impermeability,
is too still and stubborn for lovers,

mercury man slips through my fingers,
but danger remains.

myself is an abstract concept,
for everyone action is a reaction and in prospect pause about the surroundings,
myself is for madmen
and scholars.

Honesty hurts,
Omission stings,
Regret burns,
so I balm the what if.

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"I'm here if you need me."

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"I think we need to talk."

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"I'm sorry, I think we need to talk about this."

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"Do I know anything true about you?"

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"I called them. I'm sorry."

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"Well I did it again, I had to, it never ends."

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"Maybe we can't do anything, but I'm still here."

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"I met someone... else."

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"We broke up, I wasn't going to leave anyway."

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"Hey, I love you."

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"Do you hate me? Why do you do this?"

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"I don't believe you."

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"Its me as well."

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"I don't believe you. I'm sorry, but, I don't."

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"Take care."

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"I told them, I had to, I'm sorry, I'm worried, what if it... I know you trusted me but some things overwrite trust."

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phantom touches across time and space,
we walk the tight tropes in between worlds,
the lines of acrylic is only paint after all,
the future is a facsimile of our minds,
the branches rot and stunt themselves to please us,
impossibilities fuel an eager mind,

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"everyone you have ever met is in black and white,
we hear them in stereo,
the voices mingle and copulate whilst we still embrace,

still,
embrace."

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"Nothing lasts forever,
but I don't care,
because best friends forever,
is ******* magic,
so I'm not leaving."

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I never told you.
I never will.
But some things are best left in print.

Outstretch arms,
an invitation that varies.

Chin under neck,
closure - of the door or the soul.

We sway like grass stems,
there is fragility in community - its trodden yet resilient.

The music thrums,
heart beats never end, mother, lover, heart monitor then...

Our eyes miss,
it is easier to look away than stare hoods and absence in the face.

But we dance,
forever more, in heavens above, the lovers never perish.

sandpaper smiles crinkle like foil wrappers in mellowed sunlight,
it burns a little but its as smooth as silk after a while.

puppets on the walls snarl with the nuisance of real ones,
beauty festers in their laser pointer eyes,
and my feet are cold.

insectoid eyes peer down the rabbit hole
there are infinite choices but one ending
we all know that whatever you chose, it.

The shell is quite capable of decision,
it even believes the choice is always there,
it even smiles sometimes when you poke it,
laughter is a common sight for the shell,
it is rarely given reason to fright or shake.