Schatten, echt, kommt

nothing with you, now, you

see monsters where i stood

see war where our home stands

turn words sharp,

mangle my shape

all i was, all those years, now

nothing, rooted, your words stop me

i’ve nowhere to go without you

you say what have you become?

i say, i don’t know who i am

when you look at me that way

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Trace your thigh, like a well-worn map,

Track the sound of your sighs,

All memories begin with you

Childhood comes back in your eyes

Life is, you by my side

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follow heart, but what’s right

what’s heart what’s love

what do i do with trust

a glint of green eye, like a puppy

hair like a sunrise, bouncing beside me

i choose what’s right, i think

but what’s right what’s rule

if heart churns hate

if green eyes bounds away

if what’s right means, you’re gone

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of sound, an endless vacuum

devoid of magic, history

not a place to go alone

no structure, no spine, no power

however mythical, left

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tail, a knot, won’t you tug me

up, won’t you wring out

a dry sponge, daubing thoughts up

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she says, the single helix

magnetic thoughts i grow towards

i fight first impulses, i

stutter, no,

it takes a fraction

a blip, a thousand,

double down i do,

and still lose

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coils flapping listlessly, i

rant at long-dead lies

dormant fights rise, rocked

like wind through worn-out skin

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The wail of wrong pinpoints

Laser-long focus, it finds

Me, sears shut my mouth, i

Don’t take it back, i wait, wrongs

squirm in jar of cotton balls,

scratch sixth leg, exoskeleton sullen,

blackens, saves you, a nice crunch, a drive

through life, accommodate me

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let expectations like clouds

lower into roars, thundering roses

displays of blood-red blooming

be the example she wants

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others may pick, artistic

delicately person pluck

current craze to choose

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made fit, reach, i, into pasts

into other's skin, it’s you

into any time, it’s you

into fantasy, it’s you

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before my time, he lost control

pronounced “gain,” prove the mountain lives

within, he climbed over

convention, pronounced me my i

ancient wisdom says sins sip tea

with three to five generations

that is to say he does he dies

as he pleases, and i showcase

consequences

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waterfall of shot through stars

glistens, glorious she is

and i can’t burn, i

can’t come close, i’m through

exhale velvet red as that cake you make

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won’t you understand

i’ve walked many tunnels to light

i’ve returned with her once too much

i’ve no light left, only hollows

where her name echoes

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i can but let her burn me up

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if you’ll defy, climb

logic Fierceness, claw

rare your plans, push back

Yellow orchids seed the heart

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thin desire like copper wires

curl within reach, a pretty glint

your lips dangle, i savor

dare reach,

spark, arch, a spine-shelf,

a fat wave burst, confetti drenched

- james linger the real

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black and white pictures

flit between my ribs, i burn

shadows, knot the stars

haunt silence with lights

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lie still, let me dot your hair

every thought i’ve tucked away

every motion ever made

like mouthed smoke, perfumes the night

let me capture your essence

snare life, simple it, love

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