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O

animal odour apparel

 

 

dont come in here

i havent bothered to bathe

or comb this long tangled pile of hair

and maybe even shave

 

been pushing the hours

sweeping dreams across

the floor

counting moonbeams

and singing lost laments

under my breath

 

my anger is scalding

yet i hold it inside

take it like this

learn how to not

release it

learn how to not fold

in half and become

something clear

something ugly

and seperate from this

existance

 

spools of history

slowly unwinding

piling up in the corners

while i sit and moult

dragging my tired legs

no flight wings yet

grounded as always

my eyes hot as i search

everywhere

and everything

 

i take in a slow heavy

breath

i should listen to some

music

relax

meditate

become aware of my

own overpowering

prescence

turning back into the

animal laying

livid in the cage

the door an illusion

the magic man

the flim flam

emotions fire

that rages and

idles to a sooty

flutter

 

i breathe out

and play passive

 

i promise to shower

to use shampoo

and shave

replace what is me

stripped down

with the layers

antipersperant

cologne

Dippity Do to hold this

now mane thats

evolving

 

ill eat this gutted bastard

of my ego

Neitche can go to hell

(but oh how I Love him)

the caress of his words

 

  O

 

 

— orgami, Jan 27, 2008

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