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gunwithoutmusic) wrote2024-07-14 06:08 am
gunwithoutmusic) wrote2024-07-14 06:08 am
2. Sankofa
Yellow flowers on green wallpaper
A million eyes to see
My fingers caress the bedpost
My neck twisting
My heart beats unfairly
Orange flame on a white stick
The cherry glows and
I catch a glimpse of
A yellowed fingernail
I inhale and hold it
Until my lungs protest
It still smells of you here
Two smiles encased in glass
My fingers slink around
As my toes retract
Clinging futilely to carpet fibers
My brain goes gathering
As a million eyes watch
I empty my blackened lungs
And drag another match
Across the side of its box
A million eyes to see
My fingers caress the bedpost
My neck twisting
My heart beats unfairly
Orange flame on a white stick
The cherry glows and
I catch a glimpse of
A yellowed fingernail
I inhale and hold it
Until my lungs protest
It still smells of you here
Two smiles encased in glass
My fingers slink around
As my toes retract
Clinging futilely to carpet fibers
My brain goes gathering
As a million eyes watch
I empty my blackened lungs
And drag another match
Across the side of its box
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