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raze he just needs time to remember
who he was before he went away.

he swallowed his eyes,
his mouth a marble
twist of madness.

could you swallow people?

i'd like to buy this gentleman
a fusion of mind over reason.

it's my favourite thing
to be struck by:

the ocean of his assumptions.
the hollow smoke that opens up a skull.

the streets are filled
with the sound of skinny
little boy-men who mastered
the art of the knife
before they were born.

it's beautiful as a language,
because it's imbued with fear.

she told him when the leaves
were turning lime green and mean,
you were supposed to look away.

i have a feeling
that he has lost and lasted
longer than anyone.

what kind of questions
go through hell
as a way of leaving it?

i'll think about this
at work tomorrow.
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