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Feb 2018
C'mon, man!
Rip it out of you,
throw it on the floor,
and stomp on it.

Cake the hole with
***
Liquor
Netflix
and a wickedly nihilistic view
of how the world works.

Watch the blood gum up
and sputter out the sides
with each step
A sticky right foot
A broken sternum
and a soul all but gone.

What are you doing today?
I'm busy watching the devil
get his due.
I'm wasting worthless, wilting words
on eyes full of planks.
Devious minds
full of tedious pranks.
It's like the whole world stopped
because some ******* broke the crank!
You asked me a question,
but I draw a blank.
Lips in a straight line
devastated by an entire lifetime
wasted building the future
With a chainsaw and a
cooked goose ice sculpture

There's nothing left
but a tub full of rainbow colored water.
There's something about smoke and mirrors
that makes the smoldering hole
in this heaving chest just a little hotter

It's a festering infection
when you're stuck staring
into a lonely crystal ball.
Reaching out for feeling,
but there's no loving
touch to turn it off.
Just a bunch of empty words
and a liar in a mirror.
Steven L Herring
Written by
Steven L Herring  Virginia, USA
(Virginia, USA)   
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