| I don my mask in the barn where the proxy lies stone, my fingers they trace
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| The sun sparks high to the west bringing the light through every crack
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| throughout
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| First incision brings forth blood, though the mission’s thirst for tears must
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| be quenched
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| Mud sloshes up through his toes while dry hands pry at soft skin
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| Darting eyes briefly capture a glimpse of the light before the darkness
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| encapsulates
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| Poking from the throat, through the gash, her adam’s apple, tender and ripe
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| So I just whisper to her
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| And I know this is wrong. |
| I know it’s all wrong. |
| Left that night.
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| Twelve years later and now I know I can’t move on
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| All I do now is take the apples from the orphans, because I know it’s wrong
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| All I do now is take the apples from the orphans, because I fucking hate them
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| Spring returns with promise but nothing blooms
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| Winter spays, leaving death and black clouds to reign
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| Everything smells like her
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| Noted are the calenders that he kept
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| And the bobby pins once cradled by silken hair
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| And out there in the yard, holes that came from nowhere
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| He did not look down
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| He only closed his eyes and pitched himself into one
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| «He threw himself into blank holes» |