it is impossible
to give
this warning in time
despite my efforts
to build
the appropriate machine
from deck chairs
& duct tape
& qualcast parts
but here it is anyway
for what its worth
so listen up kids -
be very careful
where you are born
1.
a blog post a day
keeps the doctor away
tho i do need
professional
medical
advice
2.
i spend all morning implementing
the
trickery
my
therapists suggested
&
hence
&
thus
there is an afternoon
of sorts
after all
3.
i know this fridge hum
would be louder
would be a warning siren
if
i
knew
no
one
was
coming home to me
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the
estate
closed around us
like a fist with the night
our wine in carriers
clinking
like
warning bells
the
street empty as curfew
boarded-up boozer
singing / screaming echoing inside
made up
our
minds
cutting short a nervous street piss
we backtracked carefully
texting
GOT LOST / BAILING / APOLOGIES
eyes
on
the train line above us
the distant towers of town
and
on
our
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