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When I was a kid...

no brakes, skidding tires, smashing glass, crunched steel

sharp points piercing pinholes in a nerveless vein

locked doors, hot engine, sweet exhaust

chamber full, trigger ready, safety off

one, two, five, ten.. how many would be enough

dissolved at the bottom of a sleep inducing 40 ounce'r

take off, like weighted birds soar is stuttered

the quiet scream of a blade that cuts like butter

 

childhood memories are not sweet, filled with imaginary friends

they are haunted by real ghosts, tortured by lost souls

looking for an escape long before you ever knew

you would have so many reasons to run away

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