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Intoxication

The expression upon my face, an open book, a blatant stare read easily even without a second glance The notion to conceal it, an error in need of revisal oh no! the tools to fix it, fallen and scattered onto the marble tile disorganized, clumsy; a flaw of nervousness An unsolved case, a close knit unsolved case this is not this is only something I'm unable to wrestle with I'll find I would be the one pinned to the mat down for the three count, possibly ten and seeing stars The difficulty to listen,75% I'm only coherent to finding a way for my skin to dissolve the likeness of a snake's A quote from a favorite movie, a lyric from an addicting song it pierces through the wall of seriousness I have built 'Why do I have this growing need to be beside her' Her presence, clouding my thoughts like the toxic clouds of rain promises good luck the very definition of intoxication My heart has been invaded or was it by welcome invitation The battle I claim to have lost like I claim to be a wounded soldier never occurred, never started the same reader could tell once the book ended Oh, betrayed by my starving, wandering eyes once again

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