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For the first time, the viewfinder fails to lose your years— It kisses collapsed jowls, coaxes wire from your scalp, Lauds that torn ear (which I swear is lower than before). Each time you turn your head, my disgust at your denouement Bows to disgust at my revulsion. (By the time I finish my Flux Capacitor it will be too late and You are already paying for my lethargy.) Cactus coughs clamber out of your throat. I close my eyes and you sigh and I breathe in, involuntarily. Words coarsen my throat and you and I and even our resident quarks know that you will die.
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Feb 4, 2010
Feb 4, 2010 at 3:36 PM UTC
Since Your Last Photograph
For the first time, the viewfinder fails to lose your years— It kisses collapsed jowls, coaxes wire from your scalp, Lauds that torn ear (which I swear is lower than before). Each time you turn your head, my disgust at your denouement Bows to disgust at my revulsion. (By the time I finish my Flux Capacitor it will be too late and You are already paying for my lethargy.) Cactus coughs clamber out of your throat. I close my eyes and you sigh and I breathe in, involuntarily. Words coarsen my throat and you and I and even our resident quarks know that you will die.
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Feb 4, 2010
Feb 4, 2010 at 3:36 PM UTC
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