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cotton wool and stagnant air

I remember soft kisses I never recieved The wind doesn’t touch me I am wrapped in cotton wool and stagnant air Tanned – by overuse or oxidation? Unfurled, a spool of thread Growing thinner as I grow fatter A fig, wrinkled, softened, soon to rot

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lovers left behind

There is a wall Against which, in certain lights You can see past the reflection Into a different place Where, in certain lights Like as the sun sets There seems to be a glow The wall grows soft The air hangs gently The insects flutter In certain lights Our minds may think That a wall is more than just that – A wall.

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...the thin air, part II

…the thin air, part II

Psychedelic flow, turns in angles

Blow into me, and where I cannot see

In the space beneath my stomach – flowers grow;

No limbs can hold you

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Harlequin

I can feel the cold air in the gaps between my clothing and my skin The twisting and creaking of brittle bones The algal bloom of necrosis through aortic streams A tunnel around the eyes through which The wind blows; a drain Whirlpools of distant light beneath The eyelids, washed away This skin that grows on my surface is not mine My familiar scent leaves me The hair grows in the desert sings for…

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Ecstasical

All that you love is bathed in sanctity All that is sacred can be shattered Precious only in transience Covetous only as it is taken away Admiration in the fleeting sense of wholeness Unattainable by nature Too pure to beheld by outside means Dulled upon observation Shattered upon touch

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Retrospective

Trading smiles and pints of beer For unease in your stomach And sitting still It’s too much Keep observations away behind closed eyes And minimise fear to regret Something you can prepare for Retrospectively you speak of those you pretend to love as those you loved You said you couldn’t do anything But you never tried

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dancetothewar

Lost a friend to cocaine, couple friends to smack. Troubled hearts map deserts and they rarely do come back. Lost a friend to oceans. Lost a friend to hills. Lost a friend to suicide. Lost a friend to pills. Lost a friend to monsters. Lost a friend to shame. Lost a friend to marriage. Lost a friend to blame. Lost a friend to worry, and lost a friend to wealth. Lost a friend to stubborn pride, and then I lost myself.