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Joe Satkowski Feb 2014
sentences that mean the same forwards and backwards

sentiments carved into cracked hulls
my neighbors died too early
my landlord doesn't like cigarettes

my landlord's heart is full of *******
Joe Satkowski Feb 2014
the doctors here gave me no option
they know it will **** me
but aren't able to tell me when
i gouged my eyes out in the hospital cafeteria
to save useless hours
Joe Satkowski Jan 2014
the unsolicited means to an end
as i come back for more
as i always do
and always will

pushing pieces of myself up a hill
with my face, bifurcating in reverse
and tearing apart my stomach

it is correct to cry out in pain
Joe Satkowski Jan 2014
we return
to
our own
homes

a trap made for mice
fooled a man

rather than
feelings
we have
perceptions
of vague and thick reality

there is no conclusive evidence to prove you're here
there was nothing here that wasn't here that wasn't here that wasn't here
Joe Satkowski Jan 2014
digestion
what is it?
i can say i really  missed it

well
i can't see much
on the road I'm on
but my high beams
seem to guide me along

digestion
what is it?
i can say i really missed it

a swing of the cane and a
toss of the hat
to seal em in for the night
and force their mouths open
to feed em off our plights
Joe Satkowski Jan 2014
you have
fooled yourself
veiled yourself
lied to yourself

fervent and unrelenting all
the way down
Joe Satkowski Jan 2014
laughing as you cut your fried something at the head of the table
laughing
all the way downstairs

fear
innate and crawling
it knows me
it seeps in and out of my pores with everything inside of my body
it climbs out of my ears
anchors my shoulders and
weighs me down,
inevitably pulling me back
inevitably keeping me inside
inevitably ignoring me

i am a slave to my own body
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