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Published: 2013-05-14 04:36:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 602; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 0
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Description when i say i don't want to exist, i am trying to ask for the high sharp note of a lemon, split across my tongue.

we limit speech to apologies and collisions, restrict touch to skin. i no longer trust scales, prayers, or repetitive numbers. we watch the hospital on tv, eleven seconds between explosion and sound. pillows of grit bubble into blue. our legs still through too many movies, neither learn nor forget the distance between skin and chrysalis. i open myself but remain human and paper. the music does not change and colour does not fade. i clean the bathroom floor. inside my nose the smell of warm water.

if you asked i would have explained in physical terms. the blue veins of the chicken you ate, as though mood did not touch other body parts. the unpoetic safety of colon, carpal, sesamoid. i hold the taste of jasmine in my mouth, your tongue an absence. latticework of space.
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Comments: 20

skygazing [2014-05-15 00:02:32 +0000 UTC]


this is so beautiful

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missingnumbers In reply to skygazing [2014-05-20 08:04:00 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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formaniac [2013-12-15 10:30:00 +0000 UTC]

"i open myself but remain human and paper"

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missingnumbers In reply to formaniac [2013-12-31 23:37:35 +0000 UTC]

<3

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formaniac In reply to formaniac [2013-12-15 10:30:16 +0000 UTC]

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ivory-keyz [2013-09-09 01:56:52 +0000 UTC]

In the first line, is the lemon about wanting to feel something huge, instead of nothing? This piece seems really strong, I loved 'we limit speech to apologies and collisions, restric touch to skin".

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missingnumbers In reply to ivory-keyz [2013-09-09 06:20:30 +0000 UTC]

yes!! i'm glad that made sense. i was thinking of when you're kind of numb, and you think you're tired of everything and want it to go away, but really you just want to feel again. 

thank you!

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ivory-keyz In reply to missingnumbers [2013-09-12 02:51:58 +0000 UTC]

Cool, that's definitely what I got from it! I really like that line

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mothlets [2013-06-20 12:15:42 +0000 UTC]

This is so beautiful. Very strong atmosphere of melancholy here and beautiful use of language. Powerful & fluid. Love this!

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missingnumbers In reply to mothlets [2013-06-20 12:58:40 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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KaitForest [2013-05-28 03:17:24 +0000 UTC]

this is so beautiful. i needed to read this.

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missingnumbers In reply to KaitForest [2013-05-29 05:53:57 +0000 UTC]

thank you so much <3 i'm glad it meant something to you.

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v-espertine [2013-05-27 06:15:09 +0000 UTC]

human and paper, always.

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missingnumbers In reply to v-espertine [2013-05-27 17:22:00 +0000 UTC]

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jskullly [2013-05-26 20:21:24 +0000 UTC]

brilliant, brilliant.

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missingnumbers In reply to jskullly [2013-05-27 06:11:29 +0000 UTC]

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ersatz-moon [2013-05-16 17:15:40 +0000 UTC]

<3

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missingnumbers In reply to ersatz-moon [2013-05-16 22:58:58 +0000 UTC]

<3

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palaeochannel6 [2013-05-14 05:07:11 +0000 UTC]

You are amazing.

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missingnumbers In reply to palaeochannel6 [2013-05-14 05:18:41 +0000 UTC]

thank you, so are you!

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