Unmarked Snow
it is a relationship based on trust / based on I Must Have You
_____ Now / somehow / anyhow / need that blend of painguilt &
pleasure / by any measure, have to achieve the ____ maximum / (the
step before finito) //
//where was it that i lost / you, / self? when did
i agree to live like this? / i missed out on something /
crucial / & i fear i've lost my chance to be /
ok.
monsters / rest/ in the dark _____ i miss that / that bold
presence tensing my muscles / poising my mind for
every / little / thing that ever was / seconds registered &
remembered with the respect given to / years / a moment is
all it takes to ________ take you away. //
//hygiene _____ seenfeltknown inside & out / suffering /
pretending so hard that it's worth / it. the universe is
in a fit / thrashing about the cage of man-made
rage / release sought in the singular death of / a
faith, one by one / every following murder is easier /
than the _____ previous.
teach me the true meaning / of / now _____ show me how
to forget all the standards i've let myself / pick up / leave
my body of anything below the Best & with the rest _____
_____ destroy. / ignorance is a virtue, allow me to stay
blind while you pursue / the occupation & i can blame
it on not / knowing / any _______ better //
don't ask me / why, / i'd defend it to the death /
it was worth the try ________ .
lean back ____ clear / your / mind / see how long it takes
you till you can't find / yourself / ____ after a while the
awareness gets put / back on the shelf due to / lack of
use. the constant impending abuse is a bafflement, hanging
between every / slip / of ________ for it remains the /
unexplained.
/ i'm walking straight into hell
too fukced up to tell
exactly why it was i fell. /
Copyright © Rachel Hart | Year Posted 2007
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