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SW (2009)

In New Mexico,

My toes never tasted the red mud they

Craved. Four souls in a ton of tin

chased storms

Dreaming of warpaint but

I only breathed dust.

I ran at everything with twitching fingers

and choked on dry lightning

that tasted like highway tar and ***** *****

futilities

But I licked my lips and asked for more.

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Jan 27, 2011
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