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The Neighbours Love A Good Crash
Hubcaps dance in broken glass,spinning on spoiled, tarmac stages to a chorus of rain and strangled screams,watched by passing cars full of speechless passengers,crushed metal,far flung eyelashes and the fallen star of somebody’s dream. It’s all such a beautiful show.
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Switch
There were missiles marked with your name,scratched on the side,a ticket to ride the elevator to the bottom floor weighed heavy in your pocket,and you could hear the whistling of fate’s feared song speeding closer.It was over,as it always had to be,for you had to fall for the sun to rise.
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Ulterior
You pray to nobody but your nervous system,and to the blood that bounds round your betraying body,begging it not to gather and loiter at the sight of her garter,holding vigil for your fertile imagination,holding your hands together, alarmed by their heat,praying for the miracle of a clear mind.There is a gallon of guilt swilling around…
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Tantalising
I am locked in a prison of someone else’s lies.My tongue was always truthful,painfully faithful to the bitter betrayal of reality,always willing to do the hard work of being “hateful”.They want to tear her out,tarnish her and her wishes,take her for their own,make a toy of her,but I will not allow her to be lost.
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Fear
A plane flies overhead, a path to somewhere different. I’m afraid to fly.