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Aries: your heart sputters and sparks like a failing engine. i know there is more to you than this. breathe deep, begin again.

Taurus: a home grows lungs and veins too. are you living well, little parasite? do you tend these halls and rooms in symbiosis or have you taken root like infection?

Gemini: does the bitterness please you? bite your tongue and taste iron in your smile. misery can be sweet under the right circumstances.

Cancer: what good are your wide eyes if you never aim them star-wards? what good are your lungs if you never feel them kissed by sweet night air?

Leo: fire's laughter is the sound your heart makes. bare your neck and teeth in the same motion; invite the danger closer. you are the danger.

Virgo: breathe out, let your lungs melt and heart puddle like mercury. the streetlights go out one by one but you hold a candle to keep the dark at bay; your fingers flutter near the flame, moth-like.

Libra: you are a quivering leaf clinging to the branch, battered by winds that wish to sweep you away. too afraid of the fall to realize that the ground will hold you just as gently.

Scorpio: hissing silver flames betwixt sour tongues; hold your breath and be still. are you really the one in control?

Sagittarius: there is an air purifier installed in your chest. wherever you breathe, smog returns to oxygen. if they are choking, it is because purity is unfamiliar to them.

Capricorn: lessons pried from life like opening a clam. clamshell hearts made of iron and fear. bleeding fingers, nails bent and laughing. find the shape of the lesson and pry.

Aquarius: the wind is soft and gentle to welcome you home. love is closer than you think. no, even closer than that.