Beyond recognition

D4
D4
Jul 10, 2017 · 1 min read

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In
certain tempers under
certain lights I open my eyes
and see through
yours

We balance on
silky filaments of
birthright
and luck hoping to be assaulted by
nothing greater than what our will
and hope can abide

But what is woven by
design can be shorn by
accident
and burnt beyond
recognition

Under
the heat of
inspection manufactured memories vaporize into
skewed drugstore color signatures of

Pepto-Bismol wallpaper
and mossy green kitchen tiles
and a urine-hued tablecloth
and another cotton candy sky hanging in
the window frame

Then there comes a day that begins like all others
but which falls in on
itself like plowed sand

The familiar glow that lit our way is washed out by
other brighter lights

A wishless breath
and we scatter ~ e rr a nt bl oo m se e d ~

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