half_asleep_poem_thirty_four
raze
my
parents
and
i
used
to
tell
our
stories
as
a
cliff
out
of
context.
first
they
set
me
on
fire
.
then
they
drank
the
flame
.
as
the
stink
of
its
sound
seeped
into
me
,
my
mother
spoke
of
possums
and
pity
parties
.
she
would
probably
hurt
to
say
it's
nothing
.
any
chance
she
takes
is
a
million
questions
.
i'm
just
a
rabbit
eating
snow
.
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what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from