six tales

I.
suffocate me
indulge me
tell me
you love me

chew me up
digest me
then spit me out

but before you leave
could you glue my mouth
shut?

every time it opens
my words
become cheaper

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II.
never again love
do i ever want to be
your disappointment.

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III.
like a moth courts fire
in a flash, wings become dust
stomp it out
and save it the agony.

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IV.
mother would say
i didn't see things
as they are.
convenient in arguments.

you never realize
just how blind you are
until you look behind you
and all those fuzzy words
won't come in to focus.

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V.
you brought me to life and
got me drunk on chicken broth
well aware of the vow i'd made
but unaware of its importance.

i don't know how we got here
and i don't know where we'll go
but i am an addict and
i've never been good at self-control.

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VI.
i'm picking apart the petals of my life
she loves me, she loves me not
and there's a knot in my stomach
the very fibers of my being.

i'll twist my stem around yours
and use you as a guide to grow tall
but if you should come crashing down
i too, will turn to dirt.