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  January 2023     1 year ago

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W.A.Y.

Every inch is bruised / A bruise on every inch
Hands on tile on hands on face
Arms held bitter boarded over stomach
Swollen too much to be healthy
Kill the rabbit / Stuck to my throat
Kill the rabbit / Dripping down my chest
Kill the rabbit /...

– by E. F. Derby

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Alcoholism

You can see me now a few tables away from you,
Unblinking and docile, staring yet utterly unseeing,
And I am fiddling with my hands like an anxious teenager;
You suppose—and then, so do I—
That I do rather look like an anxious teenager, all in...

– by E. F. Derby

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Sinking Into Your Island

With your hands pressed firm against my hips
I can feel the brittle angles of your fingers
Nails pinching at my skin and leaving behind fog

You don’t like the clouds pouring out of my mouth
Don’t like the way I push mist into your clothes and...

– by E. F. Derby

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