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051908

perhaps

if i made myself

scarce, scared

sacred--

i'll become

wanted

uninhibitedly.

i already am.

 

a look of entendre at

intelligence,

perhaps deeper than

my own [but mountains

are enormous]-

those giant eyes

i only wish were on me

always but only with

love always

 

a look of anger, admittedly,

but only for a second-

think i saw

you slow down as i focused

on the floor, your speech imposed-

my glance, again- of sadness,

now,

for he who i'm so scared

to love

gives me another tiny fright.

 

neither of us broke even

we both walked out with

pockets extracted from pants

validated parking,

painfully pounding out a new

way home.

our past, unchangeable.

mistakes are made.

 

i know i know I AM.

i AM- or at least i

feel like i am-

realizing when the ***

is too hot, when to

take my hand off,

when to use a ***

holder.

lately though i don't

feel like i can crack

an egg on your edge

let alone cook a meal

without you burning me.

 

a fan quickly sweeping

the trapped air of

breakfast nook, spite &

malice. reduced to what

holds my interest,

that which i am guilted

for most.

 

a hand held is a hand held

not held to a handheld

- a hand that won't let go

but its hard to love

when- almost to the

point of thinking- you're

looking up to what's looking

down at you.

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