compression
raze some things can only
be said with silence.

absent sound, the mind
relies on memory, instinct,
and ingenuity to piece
together its own approximation
of what isn't being heard.

the dead and buried
have been known to skim
the surface of the river
of dirt that restrains them.

they part their lips, ready
to take in whatever impure
thing is willing to be wanted.

they're not so different
from the living that way.
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what's it to you?
who go
blather
from