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creak
like your bones like
the old door on its rusty hinges
soft like
tiptoeing on rickety boards
in chilly winter. yes. yes. yes.

your eyes are splinters
prickling fiercely at the back of my mind
you are you are you are
the last puzzle piece
and my wish upon a star.
like sinking toes into carpet
or watching people bet on things
they can't afford to lose.
like cravings for weird food
and attention
and maybe some soft
words once in a while.
like that, yeah.

trickle trickle
of river and blood
or tears.
salt rust clean.
you are clean.
you are.
like the breathless moment
before gravity rips a rollercoaster down
or gravity crashes burns kills murders.
gravity of the situation.
grave.
grave.
chalky tombstones and plastic flowers.

you are nothing and
you are everything.
sunrise sunset
drowning burning
softly softly
sleeping.

like numbers like concrete like
stained glass and
harmony.
ripped pages in books and
broken glass and
the discolored cotton candy
the vendors have to eat.
sugar rush.

tender please.
weightless touches and
silent whispers and the
word 'gentle'.
waking up in the mornings
with fog in your
throat and crust
around your eyes.
warm disconnections.
like the simple pleasures
of teddy grahams
and
lego bricks.
yes.
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sense-and-stupidity's avatar
"like the breathless moment before gravity rips a rollercoaster down." lovelylovelylovely. likelikelike. :) You write so eloquently