gee: thanks

This 
         gentle
         gift of
         goodwill I      grant with
                                 genuine
                                 grace. 
                                                  And yet:
                                                           I'm just 
lying
                                                flowers on your
                                 grave;       a     
                                 grim            godless
                                                      genuflection to prop up a
                                                      greedy, prideful
                                                      guise—
                                                      Grief's
                                                      grit
                                                  engorging my
                                                             gullet,
leaving me
                                                             grasping at rotting roots,
                                                             grinding,
                                                             gnashing, 
                                                             gasping,
                                                             gulping down
                                                    nitrogen and 
                                                       oxygen and all the Earth's
                                                             gases as I
                                                   manage a
                                                             guttural
                                                             goodbye and
go.

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Houston's Problem Now

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Scour Times

"The Englishman said that he, when captured, had made and kept the following vows to himself: To brush his teeth twice a day, to shave once a day, to wash his face and hands before every meal and after going to the latrine, to polish his shoes once a day, to exercise for at least half an hour each morning and then move his bowels, and to look into a mirror frequently, frankly evaluating his appearance, particularly with respect to posture."

—Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance With Death, Kurt Vonnegut

                                       

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Sun-Gazing

Remove all sight as I face    my          great fear

God strike me blind as         your       shadow disappears.

                                       

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The Metric System

Rejection born of love or hate

Either way—an unbearable weight.

                                       

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Aspirations

Every 10 years they scrape me clean

But oh! 

The miracles in between.

                                       

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Killed by the quiet.

                                       

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