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-riptide-
The night ended with us
cleaning up blood
and a thousand sparkling shards
of soiled glass.
Tonight was a success,
by all means—
I can’t remember it.
I’ve nailed myself down
to the floor, and I can hear
your persistent knock-knocking
but I am trapped here, too far
away to reach the door—
Nobody is home today.
Having useless hands, I composed
a letter using my teeth.
i lied through them,
I told you
everything is perfect-pristine,
I sleep sometimes at night now—
but really I feel hollow and invisible.
Falling asleep behind the wheel
and waking up just in time
for it to be too late for breaks,
on a collision course. Screaming
soundlessly at my reflection
rip-rip-rippling in the water—
and I
let her take me under,
caught
in a rip-tide.
