weaken

the Weaker weakens. the Weaker’s weakening weakens the Weak. the Weak is weakened. the Weak is the Weaker. we weaken. we are weak.

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release

timid underneath his wing,

the aching cry grips tired wind.

into the night, her pain doth sing,

for only the dark knows why she’s sinned.

stockholm

six-day headache.

cry. cuss.

the words of the world.

dis.gust.

but it wanes when you talk to me.

fo.cus.

distract from the pain.

i. must.

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mx

emotional exhaustion // emxhaustional

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civil soldiers

Monsters that roam

soldiers of the Inside

wage War upon her Home

and leave the Warned nowhere to hide

Welcome to my friendships.

A: I get it. You’re still a young spring chicken.

T: …I get that a lot.

A: That’s probably not the phrase.
something about chickens being young
Fuckin’ google it.

T: I think it’s string chicken?

[begins googling…]

A: Definitely not string chicken

T: nope

A: spry? spy chicken?
young spy chicken.
young rye hen.

T: No, you’re right! It was spring.

A: Is it ‘young spring chicken’?
Did you really think it was ‘string’?

T: I did, hahaha
I thought it meant thin and young.

A: HA.

T: BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT I WANTED IT TO MEAN.

A: You can make it mean whatever you want.

T: Okay, the phrase is she’s “no spring chicken.” Meaning “she’s” no longer young.
So spring chicken means young, I guess.
I’m a spring chicken.

—
Featuring the lovely and hilarious Alessandra.

hallucination manifestation

camouflage of the previously-unseen fades.
in the dark, cast shadows roam.
scream at confusion. but hide,
for its identity is already known.

—

vice grip

in the vice’s grip, she grips the vice.
black holes thinly veiled by her greying device.

—

muse

amused. bemused.
be amused. a muse. bemused muse.
amused by the bemused. amuse the bemused muse.

—

from this pain, unhide.

she sighed.
cried.
eyes open wide.
her will defied
by the demons inside.

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