'left with nothing but whys'

 desperate to write closure

in what they shared

he discovers that the ink

in his pen has run dry.

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'still art'

why do we 

tolerate the tart tongue

but not the lemons

in the bowl?

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'urinal'

greatest fucking mysteries of life:

why can’t we love one another

why can’t anyone ask how i’m feeling

why my piss sometimes flows 

in two separate streams.

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'fucked up text at 5:05pm'

"i’m going on a date tonight.

i just wanted to be honest with you."

staring at her words

the irony struck him

squarely between the eyes

that the days preceding her message

consisted only of lies.

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'doll'

please love me.

pluck my eyes

rip the stuffing

from my gut.

anything, anything, anything

let me know

i’m the object

of your affection.

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'again i hear it'

again i hear it

it's more than i can bear

the crescendo rising

words faster than the last

a stream of consciousness 

washing all in its path

yet no matter how i plead

that the damage is beyond repair

the rant rolls on

oblivious to the smallest survivor 

you drown. 

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'2,678,400'

it’s been a month since we’ve talked

good thing i haven’t counted—

the seconds do pile up.

i hear your voice at inopportune times

like when i want to forget you—

your timbre is ingrained.

when i close my eyes i see you smiling

in a way that’s supernova—

stars died for you; as well me.

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'sunday brunch'

nothing is the same without you;

the sun less bright

the night more desperate

the soul hollowed in half

the bloody mary lacking heat.

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'there’s no let up'

it's funny now until someone gets hurt

the bodies litter the field but there's no

let up in your game

on and on the blows fall 

you have proven one thing—

the rattle of the snake still shakes

long after the head has been cut off.

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'being'

there is want.

then there is

complete and utter necessity.

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