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Rated: 13+ · Other · Other · #1215774
a poem in progress
Hey there, Abraham
What's ailing you tonight?
What's leaking from the ceiling?
What's hanging out to dry?

Was it you that I saw on the streets in such a fright?
What happened there inside
when your brother laid down to die?
What happened from within when the world started to spin?

Do you still wonder what others feel inside?

Are you still frightened by what's behind their eyes?
Are you still dodging from the stares that they ,,,,,,,,=


Are we finished with this already
or are we going to dance around this all night?



Come now, Abraham.
Don't give me such lines.
Give me your hand and follow me outside.
It's cold and the wind....
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