the bridge that burns itself
who are You
when No One is watching?
i saw
the sickle
leave your scribe
sickness in the body
those stories slashed
over the slight peel of lip
screaming over salt
that mixes the sand
i saw
how the vultures dove nose first
for every feather
your allure
like pretty pink flesh
escaping their scalp
plucking, fucking, coalescing,
dispersing by the breadth
of your wings so spread
to No One
i saw
the empty drawl You spewed;
a story of cells
synapsing the ganglion symposium
loud sounds
your mouth quelled
only to spell again,
again, again
in genetic marquee
We watched
You
undo the carefully placed disorder
how it all burned down
because someone finally spoke of the feeling
that comes before We drown
to mean nothing–
for it to mean,
something
Posted Aug 22, 2022, 8:36 PM UTC
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