mindofclay

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna

as I stare off

trying to find a new

plane of thought,

I peripherally notice

at least three people

subconsciously prompted

to raise their heads –

their brains having seen

my upturned face –

and I wonder

if we have a duty of,

or obligation to,

connection – or –

is it a secret hope,

a cry so primitive

that we dismiss it,

thinking it to be some

instinct so silly –

discrediting

our very own nature.

.

perhaps humanity is corporate

and individuality

is a statue, something made.

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Incidental suffocations –

When self-fulfilling prophecies

Are given away;

Accidental weapons.

.

Consider it manslaughter

Of the first degree,

My own demise & my own hand –

Yet by your irreverent philosophies.

.

If I refuse to take,

To gerrymander,

Your default is a massive lie –

You’ll get the ship

Because I was commander.

.

In so much that my steps

Are your gain,

I’ve no way, no lane.

.

To give is to give,

But to not give back

Is to only take away.

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the altar

I’m a sleeping disciple

worth a penny over two dollars –

I’m a half-baked idea

adorned in drugless guilt –

I’m a plant without roots,

planted, but forgotten –

I’m a weeping Jew

Who has no name for God –

I’m a grammatical error

on a well meaning protest sign –

I’m a lukewarm cup of coffee

existing in a purpose unfulfilled –

I’m a child of God,

adopted by myself –

I’m a horror story

I can’t seem to put down –

I’m a miserable mistake machine

built by a deistic genius –

I’m a cold cup of water

for the poor and needy –

I am the poor and needy,

thirsty, thirsting, searching –

I’m as royal as anyone

and as low as nobody –

I’m everybody, I’m everyone –

(dear G–d!)

I’m no longer being undone,

I am being untied.

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