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Kyle Kulseth
Poems
May 2016
Pretty Cannibals
Goodnight, pretty cannibal!
It's been fun, I guess.
Beats being alone.
It's gotten late and I suppose
I'll talk to you in the morning.
I mashed up every sad complaint,
playback on loop;
a bad mixtape.
You fell for it, but can't complain
'cuz we've settled on each other.
Throw me out a lifeline,
find
a bracket--you could tie it off.
And, maybe once in my dumb life,
I can pull myself to the shore.
I keep pinning all my hopes
on losing
bets
but I won't bother
giving you the benefit
when I doubt my own luck.
I have wasted time on wasted lies
but you don't care.
And we've
not
wasted tonight
so let's just say...
You'll talk to me in the morning.
We're two pretty cannibals.
We had our fill
then spit out bones.
The day is here and now I know
you probably should be leaving.
We played through every easy stage.
Continues gone,
so that's the game.
You're over it; I won't complain
'cuz we knew that this would happen.
But throw me out a lifeline,
find
a bracket--you could tie it off.
And, maybe once in my dumb life,
I can pull myself to the shore...
You keep rolling up snake eyes
on losers,
jerks
and creeps like me.
But still you saw some benefit--
thought why not try our luck?
I am wasted time, you're wasting minutes,
but who cares?
And we
didn't
waste tonight
so let's just say...
I'll talk to you in the morning...
When I know you should be leaving...
Giving this one a second chance, I guess. I still think it turned out kinda dumb.
#metaphor
#time
#relationship
#people
#isolation
#connection
#settle
Written by
Kyle Kulseth
M/Bozeman, MT
(M/Bozeman, MT)
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