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a wreck

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there is a quiet desperation
           in this decision to grind flesh into space

                    minimalist cartography of the bay.

why do you always set sail in these
                             lagging
         
                   this is the right thing to doas if it was your cross to bear

seas, pins and needles waters.
                     attenuation, delay.

and craft carapace rafters, make habitable do not inhabit hang a poster of the sunset do not expect-
                 
or do, or refine brow ridges.
        every minute you ask yourself "have i been too cruel,
my microintake of breath too sharp?"
                        rooms, impersonal rooms,
set up to trap numb water.

and how much longer before you catch her
                               to be her floor, walls and ceiling
and will you?

so you fill the space with helium
& sniff & soar.
an ode to the extreme doormat in all of us 
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gliitchlord's avatar
such a wreck, son.

i hear this over a television with faulty reception in a hotel room.