this_bed_wears_suspenders
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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what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from