injected
raze the hard nose
of the surgical sword
wriggled around like a worm
beneath his skin.

and when that sugar
kissed the back
of his blackened brain,
he closed his eyes
and said,
"that's nice."

it was the ocean
that rocked him to sleep.
not anything that swam
downstream to reach him.
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