boys_who_don't_go_outside
raze burn more readily.

are sometimes
(but not always)
vampires who have lost
their fangs to neglect
and malnutrition.

have studied the slant
of every wall and window
while memorizing dust
patterns on books
and bedposts.

strain to hear hidden
dimensions in their
internal monologues.

comb their hair in colour
but imagine the faces
of absent friends
in black_and_white.

howl at the ceiling,
aiming their unease where
they know the_moon must be.
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what's it to you?
who go
blather
from