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my angel has black wings

in my dreams she is garbed in gray,
her dainty horns and hair all silver
monochromatic bliss

I know those ebon feathers could shred me
I know that white-dwarf gaze would vaporize my mind
but I would gladly suffer

for her, I would even believe

I hope you leave a mark!

if I'm scarred,
if textured ridges remain
where once were moles and random hair,
it will be easier
to remember
you.

in the dead of night, a fan hums
outside are chirping frogs
and thunderclaps

here am I, sitting still and feeling little

give me sensation!
in desperation I find a pin,
let its point break my skin
ah! this I can feel!
this -- this is real

now the red rays stretch like furrows
across my pale flesh
what crop has been sown here?

stimulated,...
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Past midnight, and I'm awake.

Past midnight, but I'm tired.

Past midnight, so I'm looking for you.

Would you say my glass is half empty?

So you've got four or five days left to live.

So
it hurts to drink a cup of coffee
you can't concentrate on a game of chess
your toes are turning purple
listening to Brahms is blissful...

So can you hold out until your grandchildren come,
from FL
and LA
this weekend?
We hope we can express our love in person.
We want you to...
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driving in New Orleans is an adventure

generally speaking, adventures suck

ask any hobbit

holy hell!
she did walk in
cute as a button,
colorfully decorated as well,
and I get to smell her every day


her boyfriend's name sounds like...

BEETLEJUICE!!!

...but what do I care?


other people are just images
projected by the world
onto my screen

I should
learn how to make
shadow puppets

when I take off my glasses, suddenly
I'm in a fantasy world

that really cute girl
from the other store
could walk in
from a cloud

how
the hell
would I
ever know?

You know, a guy at work told me
that you had
serious shit
on your record.

DUI with kids in the car,
not strapped in,
unsecured.

This is totally against the maternal
instinct, as well as I can know it,
being a mere male.

I found this claim
unsubstantiated, groundless.

The county has no records of it,
so why should I believe him?

Joy --...
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they say this is supposed to hurt
when the knife caresses my skin
and red curves mark my bounds
like slackened tape that reads: CRIME SCENE DO NOT CROSS

I was told there might be a sting
or some other unpleasant sensation
when your teeth chopped off that last line
so hard that your jaw must have hurt, the next day

on the contrary --...
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