traditional (more so) haiku
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It feels much less like a kick in… but a slap in the face, I would say ‘fuck it’, but it wouldn’t adequately represe… that was lacked in,
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…
Flying out of the nest, At sixty mph, Four hours—without rest.
She melds into the rhythm, listening for a heartbeat, escaping into the fumes, her thoughts incomplete. She escaped through the cracks,
under florescents, the cigarette butts are like confe… glittering the sidewalk, with anxiety.
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,
Stumbling over words, Like a child stumbles over shoe la… Left undone. Every word I want to say, Left undone.
Whenever I’m alone, I stay smiling, Counting the stitches sewn, On 100 thread count sheets, Wishing for rain,
I feel like I could vomit tears, But that wouldn’t suffice, For amount of years together, Exactly twice, I have no idea...
Carefully and slowly, I unfold myself from inside, Dark and lowly, I swallow my pride, I let her out,
‘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,
The language of love flowed freely… Through the rivers of our veins, During the summer we discovered ma… And razors edges. We used the torn corners,
Can I just have slow sex, Long talks, Lengthy poems, And everyday walks, Can I have running through the wo…
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,