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The Massachusetts Turnpike

by shannon-mcgovern

White socks and heavy breathing. Like lungs of cinnamon and cigarettes. I want nothing more than to fix my little fingers on word formulations and wine glasses while you pinch my back in public and make me choke on fake blood and Dunkin Donuts. Spread the petals and cut the stems before submerging. Wet. Raw vegetables and sticky fruit bear no resemblance to long car rides and comic book stores. Ambient. I want to run sunlight on my face, and stroll through graves and breathe in the scent of fresh laundry and crime scenes. I want to drive past childhood trauma and driveways, where you terrorized the neighbors and built benches and danced with Juggalos in Jean Jackets and Fringe. I want to weave around roads in the dark and kill the monsters as we see fit. I want to.
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Dec 2, 2019
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