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The Trash Man Comes

Snap, crackle, pop go my synapses in

the morning light.  Or maybe that is

just my cereal.

 

I can’t tell in this fuckstorm of a hangover.

 

My eyes burn black and

the airy space behind my forehead

radiates. Twisting, melancholy.

Pulsing knives, throbbing toaster coils,

wrap me in soft, dark wool and

toss me overboard.

 

I will float.

 

This aching in my fingertips does

not translate well. When I

read the morning paper, I pray the

ink will bleed knowledge through

skin to inner vessels. Soak.

 

I might remember everything.

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Published
Jun 12, 2011
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