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Day 3

Yesterday I watched you through a glass window.
You were right there,
But i couldn't touch you.
I wanted to run through the glass
Bleed out your sweetness

Your touch was sweet,
But it faded so quickly–
like
    you
        used
              invisible
                        ink–
                              I
                        can
                   feel
               you
         better
       in
   the
dark.
I guess I’m just too easy
My throat too dry
My thighs too vacant.
I satisfied my craving but sacrificed
                          your
                              i
                      l
                         l
                           u
                           s
                        i
                     o
                 n.
My mystic disguise
s
   h
a
   t
t
  e
r  
  e
d.
And your eyes adjusted too quickly to the dimmed light.
Just ordinary.
I wish I could have preserved it,
Stuffed it with coy looks and batting eyes
Kept it on display in my living room.
 
I wish i could scream.
Stamp my feet.
Crawl back into your womb.
                            Light
                     you
               on
        fire.
Feel
your
warmth.
Feel
    something.
Imagine that the smell of burning flesh is your burning passion.
 
I’m your toy.
Wind me up and watch me
clap
       my
              hands.
Look at me
Tell me you see something.
Sometimes i can’t tell if I’m real
If I’m just a shadow
A side-effect of the light.
               can
               you
               see
               me?
 
Yesterday I watched you through a glass window.
You were right there,
But i couldn’t touch you.
I wanted to run through the glass
Bleed out your sweetness,
Like molasses trudging through my veins.  
 
But I just sat there.
The ink from my pen bleeding into my mouth
 
I felt nothing.

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