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Last Night. Was the first night I had a thous… Perforating with tender thoughts i… Last Night. Was the the first night, in my lif…
under florescents, the cigarette butts are like confe… glittering the sidewalk, with anxiety.
Carefully and slowly, I unfold myself from inside, Dark and lowly, I swallow my pride, I let her out,
The warmth of my tea, How lovely at six a.m. Oh! The little things.
‘We’re the same’, Teetering on edges of lines, I ca… And you say again ‘we are the same… Conflating words, Of an honest one,
Despite the rips in between the se… I can’t escape my bones, I can’t fight the dreams, So I wait but, I can’t manage to speak,
Can I just have slow sex, Long talks, Lengthy poems, And everyday walks, Can I have running through the wo…
‘I’ am the lifeless infinite. ‘I’ am the sun, perforating throug… ‘I’ am a strawberry moon. But what is I?
Stumbling over words, Like a child stumbles over shoe la… Left undone. Every word I want to say, Left undone.
I’m always enamored with, Short periods of time, With fantasies of, Your hand in mine.
I’m not a side dish, I’m not a left—over, you can’t put me away, you can’t save me for later, as with all things,
No implications, Did I notice at the time, Only the key strokes.
You collect calluses, Like precious gems, Revering their form, Keeping them close, And if it wasn’t for me,
Can I just have slow sex, Long talks, Lengthy poems, And everyday walks.... Can I have running through the wo…
Whenever I’m alone, I stay smiling, Counting the stitches sewn, On 100 thread count sheets, Wishing for rain,