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In Between Spaces

Surely these surly bits

Must be burrs caught up in my

Makeup -

 

Making up reasons for

Why my spit was accidental.

 

I done been through a

Rough patch or two -

Crawling with these

Thorns in my knees

Across funky plateaus

That poke their chests out

In their scouts

For sunnier flora.

 

Though,

I assume their search

Didn't go over so well.

 

'cause these scabbings won't heal

Like I want them to,

Buried under gobs of

Ointment

That was supposed to take care of it

 

(And

One more bandage

Just in case).

 

I'm just moseying on through,

With my feelers out,

Making sure you're someone

I have to know.

 

In and on my way

Somewhere

In this crazy field,

Waiting for sunflowers

To bless my prayers

While I continue to

Make room for myself to

Slip past

Without being noticed.

 

I'm smiling so hard

To keep the soft-hearted

At bay -

Trying to avoid being forced

Into pinpoint relations

With clueless drifters

Who refuse to stay on their side.

 

They only mean well -

I know this,

I do.

 

But, the simple has yet to escape me.

 

Send your

Sympathies

To the weak ones,

 

Roleplaying

Alongside the meek,

 

For these are the creed

Who,

Without giving heed,

 

Deliver their lives

To bliss.

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elephants-and-coyotes
Published
Sep 7, 2011
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