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dedicated to someone im too embarrassed to name

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POEM

its all bleeding onto the white sheets &

turning them disgusting shades of copper& brown. our insides are inside for a reason.

the very act of releasing ourselves into the

minds of others is intellectual vandalism.

i can only speak for my mind & even that

is overwhelming most of the time. in spirit

i exist as much as everyone & everythingbut in practice i am no more than an

expression of what is possible at this moment

in human history. i am background noise

behind the stage of the world. i am red.

i am water becoming vapor. you are the

sky & one day i will be a cloud in your hand.

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POEM

chemicals

arethe

only

person

i

can

trust

to

makefeelings

&

emotions

&

moods

tangible

i

love

you

science

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I AM MORE FUCKED UP THAN ANY

OTHER WESTERN RELIGION

dreams are ugly.they don't actually

exist, even though

i don't like to admit it.

when you reach for one

your hand passes through

it like a ghost & you end

up falling hard on the

bathroom floor. realblood pours out. it

pools between the

tiles. i spend all day

coughing blood into

my lap. i miss you

already. even though

i don't wish you any

specific pain i hope this

is just as hard for you.

maybe one day i'll be

able to keep you calm.

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POEM

is my life white? is there still empty space to fill in? or is it already

stained by a million bleeding markers? ink washes over me anddays later i am still squeezing it out of my pores. you could suck it

all out if you wanted to, but you are too many people for me to

make sense of. if i work it will be for love and if i die it will be for

boredom. those are the only two options as far as i can tell.

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IVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT

THE SKY A LOT LATELY

the sky understands methe sky is me

the sky is big

i am big

i am the sky

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RIDING THE METRA ROCK ISLAND LINE

8AM ON A TUESDAY IN JUNE

strangers fade in & outlike a beautiful fog

you will never soak in

summer mornings find me

a sticky stinky mess

a peach rotting from the inside

girls w/ septum piercingsnuff said

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EXERPTS FROM AN UNSENT LETTER

tonight has been devoted to the kind of introspection usually

avoided at all costs.

im sorry that i let you think i could give myself to you when i

damn well knew i never had anything worth giving.

i feel silly & pointless & weak.

sometimes i think i only exist in the minds of others. my

conception of self is too saturated to make sense of. its soggy &black & falls apart when you try to pick it up.

this is all very selfish sounding, but its ok because ithink youll

be able to relate to that.

was that sweet or stupid? ive never known the difference.

you seem like someone i have no right to talk to.

maybe one day youll let me crawl around your brain & look under

all the folds & help clear out all the messy bits.

you deserve honesty so i promise that, for once in my life, i wont

say anything that i dont understand.

i wish you had a voice, but seeing how i dont have one either,

maybe i have no right to complain.

maybe you were perfect for me. maybe i just wanted to see you

naked.

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POEM

what a beautiful world

what a beautiful girl

what terrible luck

what a terrible fuck

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POEM

underground streams

empty into oceansthat hardly take notice

of who is feeding them

if we spill ourselves

into each other

would anything actually

be accomplished

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POEM

the day

i seembeautiful

is the

day

i

finally

admit

that

theworld

is

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POEM

a deep red soaks me.

in my sleep it drips down

my skin & i wake in acrimson pool of myself. it

drips a path behind me that

others cross the street to avoid.

it dries on the sidewalks

& leaves them stained in the

same way that i am dried

and stained. you are a

blindingly white daisy &i want to drip on to you.

***terror is the root

of the flower i have

been cultivating for so long.

the empty moments seem

to spill out over substance.

how do you grasp importance

when the mundane is always

greasing your hands?

boredom is counterrevolutionary.

the mind works more

mysteriously than god

could ever hope for.

what does god hope for?i bet hes bored.

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