Tuesday, 28 July 2009

an elevator life

taken from scratch
turned into you
–and how many of these i've heard, don't think you're any original.
anyways, you were then left alone to wonder
wonderfully
rudderless and half-sunk

you were the perfect double-sided
switchblade
as long as no one knew how to handle you
but how long until you lose the last string
that pulls your stitches together?

opening up a world of blank sheets
and impossible inks, of wasted years and crooked consonants
you hope for the latest, knowingly fearing the soon.

in a way you freed me with your
inconsistency. still, it's sad you have to live like that
and it's still sad you have grown to be a waste of your time and everyone else's.

for z.d.

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