tent
raze
she
telegraphs
the
turns
. leads
me
into
a
maze
of
cloth
and
curved cord.
i'd
kick
over
a
chair
if
i
could
. douse
it
with
the
blood
of
an
automobile.
strike
a
match
and
let
it
fall
.
anything
to
mark
my
place
and
light
my
way
.
but
there
are
no
objects
here
to
repurpose
as
lodestars.
when
this
cotton
cave
spits
me
out
,
it's
late
enough
to
be
licked
by
the
beast
that
misses
me
most
.
the
new_york_city
skyline
is
all
that
separates
us
from
the
dinosaurs
.
our
future
fossils loom
beyond
that
deep
blue
border,
waiting
on
the
hard
stare
of
history
.
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what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from