dented
raze
my
vision
is
sharpest
in
these
gossamer
minutes
before
sleep
slithers
in
slack-jawed
and
jaundiced.
through
one
white
wall's
toothless
mouth
i
can
see
where
the
hatchback
had
its
nose
broken
—
cartilage
crushed
while
frayed synapses
fed
sinuses
the
lie
that
to
go
on
breathing
was
the
nearest
thing
to
being
born
again
.
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what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from