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Victoria Station
The storm clatters above in the sky,and I shuffle off the bus,face to face with the unknown.The streets seem to snarl at me,my body, howling with hunger,louder than the thunder I wander under.I start to wonder if I will ever be seen again,sinking into the shadows,captured by the clouded night,running from the rain as it…
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Everybody Out!
Sell me a space in the shadows,let me live behind a locked door,surrounded by the sweetness of unspeculative silence. I care for the kind of quiet that doesn’t guess,a lush loneliness,moonlight serenade of stillness. I am sleeping in the dreams of somebody else tonight,littered with letters,sewn onto my skin,because I stopped being convincing, somewhere in…
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You Were Just There
Last night,I played with fire,this morning,I woke up, drowning.It’s just the way of the world, my love,one day you’re an empress, the next you are empty,but last night, you said you loved me,and I ruled the world as a ghost for a moment,crown, trembling atop my tresses as you undressed me with nervous, nimble fingers.I…
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The Passionate Siren To Her Love
Come live with me and be my love,‘neath lover’s lights that dance above,and we shall dine on your betrothed,then bathe his bones in marigolds. Petals will play in waters blue,our love will stay forever true,he’ll be found, washed up ashore,but you’ll stay young, forever more. Come live with me, beneath the stars,submerge yourself in who…