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raze you secure the straps
to all four corners,
hoping this will be
enough to keep the
garments that guard
your mattress from
coming undone.

time and tension make
fearful bedfellows.

their communal eye is wet
with something more than
the weight of knowing
and wishing not to
know what comes next.

you climb into a fluid-
filled space behind
the cornea and wait
for darkness to cover you
like a longed-for curse.
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