appreciation
dilutes ungrateful
souls — promises
of emotional
emancipation
rendered as brittle
words shatterall over a frigid
black & ivory
pinstripe
ceramic floor
can you imagine
them now through
your mind\’s eye?
bruised letters
without a clue
as to their purpose
— if they are going
to be stitched
together in a sturdy
story or wasted
and lost in singular
sentences
do these words
behave in their
positions — are they good
or evil — personally
if i were a word
that belonged
in a book
i\’d love to be the last
one that lingers
in-between
fright
& light
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