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NAKED

פואנטה

In your one hand, a scalpel. in your other, your heart.
You are naked.
You don't remember how long you've been here, been walking,
been searching, or what for.

Teeth

ג'ננה

With every motion, they shift that much more.
With every motion, my teeth disintigrate, more tooth flecks
are ground into tooth paste.
With every motion, it feels like the next will bring blood.
And I cannot stop.

The Place Where He Stood

חלום

He stands on the cliff, looking down 30,000 km below.
The curve of the earth is visible on the horizon.
He takes out a pair of scissors and begins cutting his long
hair.
Little strands of it escape his grasp in the cold, hard wind

Wrong and Wronger

-Yeah, time. It's like for every second, every minute that I
wait here for the fucking light to change, is one minute
closer to my death. It's like that light is killing me with
a tiny knife, bit by tiny excruciating bit, as we speak.

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My True Mistake

And when we were, when we used to be
Is something I will never see
What once I had, now over & done
Without which I can never become
What I could be when we were one

STAY

I cannot stand when you are gone. let me fall, alone,
without you there to catch me, because I am useless, weak
and blind.
Slow and futile.
And I can't bring myself to drag down such purity with me
this one, last time.

Warmth

Couldn't not feel you were doing your time
Going through the motions, saying your lines
At best trying to force what you did not feel
As you casually inflicted those wounds that don't heal

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For All the Wrong Reasons

In the name of peace or common language,
In the name of kinship,
In the name of life and love.

STAYIN' ALIVE

THE PAIN MOMENTARILY OBSCURED, THE FEAR
THAT JILTED FEELING THAT COMES
WITH NOT BELONGING
ALL DROWNED OUT BY THE NOISE
AND SLURRED BY THE ALCOHOL
ALL THAT REMAINS IS THE ADRENALINE

Why He Couldn't Date You Just Yet...

A brilliantly white
And dimpled smile
congeals on his face

A hopeful eyebrow
Glides smoothly up
Praying this time
To have placed the right bet