giraffe paradise seems bleak on bright days
as neon fruit baskets dwell
beyond reach and
each leaf is the noose;
a repetitive pressure that gathers
around cervical vertebrae
it keeps delirious as
steel strings bind relative necks
to gates that don’t want to open
May 17, 2013
May 17, 2013 at 9:50 AM UTC
giraffe paradise seems bleak on bright days
as neon fruit baskets dwell
beyond reach and
each leaf is the noose;
a repetitive pressure that gathers
around cervical vertebrae
it keeps delirious as
steel strings bind relative necks
to gates that don’t want to open
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