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formalities mustn't be required i can see, as those in authority have retired- & just before, they had conspired: rise against the frailties of corresponding legalities- corrupt. interrupt; contempt for the contaminated, lament morality & all its weighty shame. forgotten, so simply, every name is a motion, every movement's the same; no, is not an option. possession passes like electricity between flesh- in seconds relinquished, replaced, sanctity suddenly erased; the magnitude demonstrates in growls that climb the spine & make the planets align. shining down, static subtlety, burning the already scarred; scared, remarkable recovery, falling through cracks of broken land. it isn't my fault that i give my breath to heal the frozen hands.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2007




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