dream_house
raze
on
the
bus
,
you
tell
me
to
turn
my
head
and
look
out
the
window
while
you
borrow
glasses
and
a
hairpin
from
the
woman
in
front
of
you
.
peripheral
vision
spoils
the
surprise
.
absent
electricity
,
the
abandoned
house
we
call
home
is
quiet
and
cold
.
the
locks
still
answer
to
the
call
of
our
keys
.
the
air
, thick
with
sawdust, stings
our
lungs
.
you
walk
on
all_fours
, hobbled
but
unhurt
by
all
that
did
its
level
best
to
break
you
before
we
were
rodents
running
full
-bore
into
the
arms
of
the
unreal
.
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who
go
blather
from