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Diamond-Induced Numb

relinquish your anguish

tearing fears of queers

from broken enigmas running

sideways through your flaccid fears

fears of being crushed

the life you live coming

will make you feel rushed

quicker than their needs

clutching to the new grounds

dreaming of distant horizons

burn the remnants bleeding

then all your old plush

can drag to the floor with

pearls, curls, swine before twirls

your life will never be some

toy in another mans flush

flicking twisted sheltered

enigmas into quickened glances

erupt, don't get taken

by your grandparents ideals

their luxuries and ***

blooms and brooms

a diamond-induced numb

the cure for AIDS isnt

in some gun-filled crumb

liquefied dollars injected

into magic johnsons thumb

ball your body into a swish

they send you to space

and backboard back for fun

but Koch wont let anyone

but themselvesilluminatirun

so you run, from

stairs getting taller

and eagles getting balder

until youre flat on sunken

ground dripping like larder

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Written by
christopher-ranieri
American
Published
Dec 6, 2015
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