Hollowed,
  cold,
  immobile.
Her heavy breathing,
her labored beating
reaching the brea-
                king point.
   Ho-
hum.
  You've watched with those
cold, unmoving eyes and
       you're keeping track,
aren't you, boy?
            Never let her out
   of your sight, did you, boy?
Oh, you're so tricky.
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breathe slow keep
your pace keep your
pace watch your chest
beating.
hold your tongue ease
your burning that
burning.
your aching.
steady your stride.
watch that sky
close enough to
fade away.
close enough to...
nevermind. repeat.
repeat yourself.
your redundant
reused reborn
refused ranting.
watch closely make
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wound slowly upon this spool
coiled, softly, gently and
c o n s u m i n g
  c o n s t r i c t i n g
              c o n f u s i n g
nevermind this time and will you please
back away, inch away, falter and
stumble but never let it go
let me tell you, darling
I've got a long way to go
a long time to wait
and let me just excuse myself
while I ( Read more... )

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Breathe deep
and inhale it all.
Hold your burning
throat
and never sputter.
Close your eyes
tight and consuming,
holding back whatever
may have dropped.
Breathe deep
and let it all in.
Breathe deep
and let it go
to your head.
Clench your fists
and pound them
against shattered
concrete walls.
Let it all go.
Let it all go.
Breathe deep.
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There's something
thick, slick
coating the back
of her tongue.
Stagnant,
clinging, sticking
to the roof
of her mouth.
There's something
revolting, constricting
in the back
of her throat.
And her lungs
can't breathe.
Her cloudy
eyes won't see
the storm which
lurks on the horizon.
And her fingers
can barely
grasp onto that
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