cashews
raze a leering legume
with monocle in hand
will not blink
or even wink
to signify that
none of this is real.

it tempts my tongue
with salt saved from
the brine of our bodies
all that was left_behind
after every tear we shed
fused with our flesh
like so many unspent
seasons swimming
to be seen.
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what's it to you?
who go
blather
from