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our eyes were fogged with farewells marking territories down our cheeks.
the ache felt like smoke at the edge of my throat and i was afraid
to say it loud before you said the ocean kissed your taste buds. we just knew.
maps tore apart and our paper walls built with just enough faith to last three decades broke.
it's been too long since we've been hurt with the blue of the sky and you are not the ache in my bones –
you're the crusts between my fingers when i tried to let the sun make me feel less alone.
you’re the clicking of knuckles i feel inside
and the fishhooks fumbling to pull out some pride
from arching, collapsing
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under the unders
lately i’ve been under the unders,
which is to say lately i’ve been hosting the ghosts
of everything i’ve ever loved and that silence gets to you,
you know, it tears you like the idea of something horrific
and before you know it, your entire existence is
a fresco of maybes and apologies and snapped skulls
and by snapped skulls, i am alluding to the notion that this sterile noise,
this silence, drives you crazy. once, a man told me that boredom
has its holy uses and i laughed at him and the rush of nostalgia
that immediately followed was the worst melancholy,
let me tell you, it was like feeling each of your trillio
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Bygones
There is a burned building
at the end of the road
its hollow eyes,
loved once,
still guarding wishes
of happier days.
You try to remember
one of your forevers
and like waves,
like fire
they all come back
all those always
sworn upon falling stars,
matching minutes,
tossed coins.
It's your history now
foundation of memories -
it didn't last,
surprisingly
it doesn't hurt
and in the darkness
of this dying night
your eyes are dry
for every other truth
still remains.
There is a burned building
at the end of the road.
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Thanks to chromeantennae for helping me realize the only reason I didn't like this piece is because it's so different from what I usually write.
October 30th, 2014
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This one sneaks up on you. It started wide and slow but funneled down nicely to a quick, sharp point. Nicely done 
. Also, particularly excellent use of imagery in the last verse.
. Also, particularly excellent use of imagery in the last verse.