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Suicide

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I listen to your dirge
& hold still, hold
my breath
& remind myself
of a girl I knew
who choked herself
out of her pain.

The stereo ticks off
seconds
like pills
in your old mouth—
your evening
to drown in.

Outside you
there are children
calling out like birds,
men severing ties
for a mediocre dinner,
women screaming
into empty bottles
& sending them to
old lovers

& me—
pulling out my eyelashes
for a man dead
ten years before
my birth.

The sun settles
into the blankets
of the mountains,

I lay still
& pretend these
are your last moments—
your soul,
my breath,
leaving
my mouth.
if this was beauty,
i'm glad to replace it.


(so simple, argh!)
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PurringPie's avatar
Wow................................