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i'm not the fine man
you take me for... i owe nine
dollars to a *****
Some Broken-Necked Hooplehead
I know you are too good for me
But that won’t stop me from trying
To be good enough for you
Senses endlessly riddled:
the nanosecond-data-bullets
**** through too fast to be absorbed
by roots of thought
for eye of truth
to photosynthesize,
Like the flowerpot forgotten
wilting on a windowsill
outer leaves beneath the sky
fiercely lashed by heavy rain
soil dry as a desert:
Aghast, it feels itself
slowly dying of thirst in the downpour.
soaked in rainsong I,
feel it’s my mom’s cradle song;
I feel secure and  warm
Is it too late for it not to be too late now?
The poet lives two lives.
One on the outside,
And one in their mind.

When you look in their eyes
You could see an abyss.

If you looked long enough
You could sink into it.

But most people don’t see it.

Take the time to read the words, though,
And you would know for sure.

The poet lives in two different worlds.
A little escape from the madness.
Or maybe, into.
this feeling won't fade
you've gone; i must accept this
somehow, it's all wrong
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