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nevermind.

The cactus ate the moon;

a cosmic starflower;

a cyanide razorblade.

 

You ate your way through the mouse droppings

in the cereal bowl

and look at me through lens-less everythings.

 

The sun took the moon

to his midnight hideaway

and she was absent that night.

 

Beneath the artificial breeze

blowing noisily, raucous;

birds in a tree eating acorns like squirrels do.

 

I never gave you hope;

I never gave you nothing;

I never gave you what you deserved.

 

Senseless, mindless, wandering wanderlust

wonderlust

you're keeping yourself company tonight.

 

Ha! playing with yourself again, I see.

Picking your nose and rubbing your toes

in the sandy sandy dandy boy beaches.

 

Friendly, never ceasing.

 

Repeating repeating repeating lines

repeating repeating repeating signs

repeating repeating relocating lies

 

Nice to just let go

no reality

no gravity.

 

But I'm not defying, no

nor scrying, oh

but lying, go.

 

She gave me her hand

and expected me to restitch the fibres

as if I were ever so good a tailor.

 

Surgeon.

 

Nevermind.

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Written by
heather-butler
American
Published
Jul 7, 2011
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Nice to just forget that anything is supposed to make sense.

Heather Butler; 2011

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