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  April 2024     1 hour ago

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Exsanguination

Every time I start to climb out of the hole
archons pull me back at the speed of light
toward the abysmal memory foam at the bottom.
Some frolicking genie tramples on my fingertips
on their way to grant a wish to someone more deserving.
It’s...

by Jozef Waylon

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Spinal Tap

6 hours of slow drip reminder.
Dull pain, numb hands, and confusion.
Fog in my head,
can't get out of bed.
A hug from a demon who visits every couple weeks and stays for a day or two.
Invisible illness and insecurity about interval intensity.
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by Qayin Saccharum

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Sunflower

Roots from a bud which blooms,
inside of aethereal hands.

A world found filled with darkness,
brighter than the light of lost lands.

The source of our anointed ancestors
who offer bandages for wounds that fester.

With no more cries of...

by Qayin Saccharum

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My Favourite Orkan

The other day I was online browsing for helium balloons
while listening to that Lesley Gore tune.

I don't want to

  tell anyone

  about how much
I consider daily

  ...

by Jozef Waylon

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December

The shepherd was a subdued wolf.
The hermit had a cloak, a stick and a bag, and a book.

The goat was a sheep who awoke from a bear's slumber.
The wheel takes the apes across,
down, around, back and forth, up and under.

The winter...

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by Qayin Saccharum

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