mice_gather_dust
raze
they
don't
mean
to
stockpile
these
stray
strands
of
god's
lint
and
sloughed
off
skin
.
but
in
the
course
of
foraging
for
food
and
gathering
nest
-making materials —
abandoned
blankets
fleeced
and
old
shirts
shredded
to
shield
their
young
—
their
paws
pick
up
all
the
fine
particles
that
litter
the
landscape
of
your
life
and
knead
them
into
knots
,
leaving
them
larger
than
they
were
when
you
first
found
them
.
while
hurtling
through
the
sheltered
highways
of
your
home
,
they
might
pause
to
watch
you
and
your
estranged
spouse
take
in
a
movie
about
a
marriage
breaking
down
.
they
might
wonder
,
too
,
why
two
people
would
choose
to
sit
with
something
so
close
to
the
bone
.
their
favourite
films
are
the
ones
they
write
themselves
when
their
eyes
are
closed
.
they're
a
lot
like
us
that
way
.
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what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from