and if you listen you might hear

a whisper in the margins of a turquoise palimpsest

asking are there more of you or are you a rhythm unto

if were we to tell you that the lie is more important than the skin shed by paperplate pinesnakes on high would you believe us then

would you deign to inquire as to whether

initialisms etched in sterling function best as unsanctioned milemarkers along red glass placemats or

being that you are either the solution or the mistake

to what no one is saying you might hear them tossing and turning between all the good times we never had

were we to tell you that you werent the only one would you know how to not be

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