mutually assured destruction

can’t remember-
of her friends,
           who is the cutter
and    who is the thief
and    who is skin and bone
and    who’s schizo

 

who tries to dance
to the
         beat
in her
    own
         head
twitching pirouettes
whispered by the ballerina
locked inside
the marrow of her  r  i  b  s

who wouldn’t talk
because he knows
    he’ll spill his
                        guts
if he does
rambling unnecessity
like an untuned AM radio

who scans herself in
as          an
automatic
       reject
with barcode arms
and perpetual regret
of her oft-used
s                               y
      el                 it
            f  –  p

who considers himself a
p o e t
because he speaks
                         right
        from his heart-
never mind that it’s all profanity
(maybe he should be scared, too ? )

 

can’t remember uniquities-
they’re all the same anyway,
joined in a mutual         desire
        for           assured
                             destruction,
simply because they’d
rather not
be like
this

written a9jul2011.

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Author: korey

minnesotan writer/musician.

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