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i am nothing but phantom pains
reborn into old bones;
oh, sugar skeleton, tell me -
what's it like to be a ghost?
reborn into old bones;
oh, sugar skeleton, tell me -
what's it like to be a ghost?
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breathing is easy but I'm terrible at it
april suns always left streaks of
yellow on your driveway
before they sank.
you laughed at how
the flowers coughed on me
along the bilirubin pavements
on the way to your house
I confused all the streetlights
for sunsets and drowned in
halogen tidepools in those evenings
when the sidewalks ended but
my thoughts of you wouldn’t
maybe love is the sum
of all the excuses we make for it,
or I’m just too tired
to pull myself to the surface
you roll the blades of grass
through your grips, dusting
your fingerprints with haptens
and what-ifs.
I’d like to blame you for every
wheeze and rale but goddamnit
I just can’t
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how to start over.
1. scrub the vomit off your shoes and leave
them to dry—make sure the dog doesn't
pee on them
2. brush your teeth as hard as you can, until
blood leaves patterns on your porcelain sink;
wash your hands until they burn
3. watch that mirror like it's your computer
monitor and you're about to spend hours on
the internet; realize that's your reflection
4. (if you start crying, don't hold it back—let
each tear that falls on your hoodie carry a piece
of that old soul you were getting to know)
5. comb your hair—get it looking just right,
even if it's eleven pm and you're not going
anywhere but your bedroom
6. grab that pen, th
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Turn my words against me.
I want my words to take
root in your stomach and grow
up your esophagus, the calyx
of your tongue brushing the edge
of your teeth until the words blossom
from your lips in a slow
explosion of elegance, jawline
trickled with nectar, charming
hummingbirds and honeybees
with the promise of butterfly kisses.
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full title: you are simply aesthetic & this is the way that i will extract my revenge
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'extract' or 'exact'?