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one
meet me at the railways. we are
running towards god. the ribbons in your hair
-ceaseless- trailing into sunset blurs and
our ticket picking fingers knot and nestle
as i hold your hand
and we leave
two
i learn from him
that you can be full of love
& yet
still be toxic.
when my world is falling apart,
he lets me collapse into him.
when i talk about suicide,
he laughs, nervous
as though he didn’t understand
that maybe i stopped taking those kind of meds
a long time ago
three
this is no decomposition story and
my eyelids are golden
i fall asleep while i’m on the other end
of the telephone, my empty skull
collecting rain
this is how i save the world:
by accident
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sky-monger
i taste lightning with
lips ever so cold and frail;
don't call me divine.
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wander.lust
packed up my hometown in a suitcase
and travelled down backwards roads,
I find myself in Paris, in Rome; vaulted
archways, concrete sprawl, I press on
as you press up against my heels with
those kisses of yours, saying “stay” and
“run” all at once. in the forest glades of
deep night, every cityscape looks like
you, arms outstretched reaching, arms
outstretched pushing. haunting hotel
bars in daytime hours, seeking solace
in the colosseums where good men
fought each other with all the violence
of love, I imagine us in the pits of war
and watch those gilded teeth graze
a smile as we stand armoured in gold
and gre
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gateway
"am i dead??"
"oh, hey! that wasn't so bad, was it? your wife and kids are over there waiting for you."
"oh my God."
"yes?"
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i like my new stuff. not sure where i'm getting it from or how it's turning out like this but i'm going with it anyway.
for anyone who didn't get the bit about the nervous laugh & the meds i stopped taking it's a bad reference to the whole concept of 'laughter being the best medicine.' don't throw tomatoes at me?
©a-girl-named-divine. written on the 28th? 27th? December, 2016.
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