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Oh, polilla. Pequeña creación de la oscuridad. Carcome mis sueños, mis deseos de pertenecer a la luz.

Te doy mi voz. Llévate las cuerdas vocales donde esculpí su nombre con notas. Arranca de mi garganta las canciones que ya no debo cantar.

Invoca a tu hermana, la Oxidación. Que devore las clavijas de mi guitarra y esconda sus cuerdas para que no teja más himnos con su nombre.

Llévate mis cofres. Tú y tu familia, muelan esas cartas— esas sirenas de papel que naufragan mi alma.

Come de las almohadas que aún guardan su perfume. Deshace las frazadas que un día rodearon su cuerpo.

Abriré las ventanas de par en par. Que el polvo sea tu cómplice y cubra,por fin, las huellas que dejó en mí.

Oh, polilla. Sé mi guía. Llévame de la mano a través de este desastre que yace frente a mí. Ayúdame a devorar el pasado.

Mel Zalewsky.
My neighbour's son came late to wish her
Being always very busy,
Mum sorry I don't  have time,
I have to rush to a meeting.
I will buy you anything you want,
And have my secretary sent it to you.
Son I need only two things,
Your time for me,
And my yesterday's I found time to be with you.
Can you buy me that with your wealth.
23/8/2025
delphinium migrant blue,
and into night
we follow,
toward the residue
of morning,
where there's no time
limit to grief.

you wake with
electric intervals,
something's wrong
with yesterday,
in your head are
galaxies like grains of salt,
and they fill up the sky.

these red metallic balloons,
that come to you
when you are ripped open,
whether it’s by pain
and heartache
or you’re falling in love,
these you can’t close
yourself off to.

but what you actually want
is to bypass them,
and try to reach that
dawn serenade,
which is floating
above them,
as if golden electric ribbons
which don’t
demand repayment.
Remember,
the best things in life are free

...plus tax
...license
...and recycling fee
Hope —
Is like fire in the frozen days,
Water in the drought,
And joy in the brokenness
Of life —
a storm in stilettos.
her eyes once burned as brightly
as the neon signs above
shuttered stores.

night is standing in front of Walmart
selling dead flowers.
there are 2 young children with her.
the children are her sister's kids.

(the children are an asset
when you're trying to sell dead roses.)

night has a soul with no address
somewhere in the concrete prison.

she lives with the echo
of every fool
cradling their broken promises
cupped like the wilted roses
held in her hands.

she dances with shadows
and the night bends through her.

the silent witness to the center unraveling.
You'll know life is moving on,
When you find all the pictures with her,
You forgot where there,

And delete them for storge space.
You know you're better when you feel it.
Growling
In
Crowd
Means
Elite
Crawling
In
Crowd
Means
Dregs
              - Amisha priya
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