Enter the damp cave
Choke on the cigarette smoke
Then light your own (watch your beard)
Let your eyebrows grow furrowed and mad
Make Whitman proud
Kiss me and smile at the waterfowl
Sweaters, mildewed books, and earthworms
Gentle with the wriggly babe
Barbaric with the stone,
Carve my name, a prayer
Careful with those shadows on the wall
Careful with reality
Leave and you can never return, not truly
Stay and you're a pseudo-poet forever
A coward and a fool---mere mole
Oct 17, 2025
Oct 17, 2025 at 11:39 AM UTC
Enter the damp cave
Choke on the cigarette smoke
Then light your own (watch your beard)
Let your eyebrows grow furrowed and mad
Make Whitman proud
Kiss me and smile at the waterfowl
Sweaters, mildewed books, and earthworms
Gentle with the wriggly babe
Barbaric with the stone,
Carve my name, a prayer
Careful with those shadows on the wall
Careful with reality
Leave and you can never return, not truly
Stay and you're a pseudo-poet forever
A coward and a fool---mere mole
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