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we were the bomb squad a tribe of children in plastic crash helmets pillows tied on to protect our insides holding hands to keep from feeling lost and alone we were the bomb squad living like thieves in cardboard caves beside the mine fields hidden beneath beds of poppies decoy explosions in cadmium red ***** tender tongues like kittens licking the insides of trembling thighs we were the bomb squad mucous membranes and bones tick tock throats and veins popped in the pyre stomach bile and marrow all up in the same smoke as something that was once smooth and sentient we were the bomb squad we found no time for any flag nothing to do with kings or foreign countries just the knowledge of not having known anything before
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Jul 26, 2010
Jul 26, 2010 at 10:59 AM UTC
we were the bomb squad
we were the bomb squad a tribe of children in plastic crash helmets pillows tied on to protect our insides holding hands to keep from feeling lost and alone we were the bomb squad living like thieves in cardboard caves beside the mine fields hidden beneath beds of poppies decoy explosions in cadmium red ***** tender tongues like kittens licking the insides of trembling thighs we were the bomb squad mucous membranes and bones tick tock throats and veins popped in the pyre stomach bile and marrow all up in the same smoke as something that was once smooth and sentient we were the bomb squad we found no time for any flag nothing to do with kings or foreign countries just the knowledge of not having known anything before
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Jul 26, 2010
Jul 26, 2010 at 10:59 AM UTC
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