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I can almost taste how tense those muscles are when they swing the red-hot tire-iron into my face again and again And oh, how the blood keeps coming and oh, how it pools on the uneven concrete Steamy and globby and staring at my contorted jaw and the hard lines of arms using my skull like a drum More thwacks and now human barbecue as teeth drop into the syrupy mix and float like islands and I think of A.1. steak sauce One second of silence and I wipe my hands on my thighs The only difference between jeans and a dress is about six inches and I start to wonder Which six until my head jerks left and then right again and God, don't those ******* arms ever get tired I lick my licks and lap up the red that must be running down my chin Tastes like maraschino cherries and some other flavor I can't quite grasp I search the tip of my tongue for it but find only the holey ridges in my gums and suddenly I realize Maybe that flavor is the six inches that separate jeans from dresses But then I laugh, and somewhere far above me someone else does too.
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Jun 20, 2015
Jun 20, 2015 at 12:44 AM UTC
Which Six
I can almost taste how tense those muscles are when they swing the red-hot tire-iron into my face again and again And oh, how the blood keeps coming and oh, how it pools on the uneven concrete Steamy and globby and staring at my contorted jaw and the hard lines of arms using my skull like a drum More thwacks and now human barbecue as teeth drop into the syrupy mix and float like islands and I think of A.1. steak sauce One second of silence and I wipe my hands on my thighs The only difference between jeans and a dress is about six inches and I start to wonder Which six until my head jerks left and then right again and God, don't those ******* arms ever get tired I lick my licks and lap up the red that must be running down my chin Tastes like maraschino cherries and some other flavor I can't quite grasp I search the tip of my tongue for it but find only the holey ridges in my gums and suddenly I realize Maybe that flavor is the six inches that separate jeans from dresses But then I laugh, and somewhere far above me someone else does too.
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Jun 20, 2015
Jun 20, 2015 at 12:44 AM UTC
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