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touka Dec 2016
lungs lined with poetry

and my mouth

with the ****** sting

and my heart on the upswing

tachycardia's zing
huh
touka Sep 2016
bed sheets in disarray
in the shadow of the morning bustle
in the rust of the cog
and the rustle, the shaking
the movement of the machine
body rising
blood warm with theine
touka Aug 2016
steep
soil
landslide
foot slips
and shrieks
fade into quiet
you wake on your side
lungs lined with dirt
on a pile of hyacinths
with no wind to move them
the air, stagnant
no wind to while
the dust of you away
the dust of them away
steep
soil
landslide
into where
your comrades lay
  Aug 2016 touka
Julie Butler
it is when I sit with
beautiful things
I am reminded that
nothing ever keeps;
the words might smear or
the air should dampen
and if
you should not believe me
ask the flower what it is like for her
at nighttime and then
ask her to repeat it
explain to her
what it is like to be
lived in
  Aug 2016 touka
DaSH the Hopeful
Suicide should only be committed once*
So why the hell do I try every couple months
Something's up with the water
I don't feel the rush like I used to
There's no happiness tutorials on YouTube
I laced together my shoes, through them on a wire and convinced myself to sit and think
The kitchen sink's dishes stink
But you are what you eat and I had a helping of insane

Low key lowlife, broke and high under a spotlight
No ice so there's more drink at the drive thru window with my eyes suspiciously low
I'm ridiculously close to laughing what's left of my mind away
I forgot how it feels to feel fine today
It's either *love
or hate and there's no areas of gray

*I wish I had a thousand hours to sit down and figure out exactly what the **** that I've been running from
I wish someone would stick around long enough to identify with the place that I'm coming from
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