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Gaslight Anthem

gradually, subtly

By Cali LoriaPublished 8 months ago Updated 8 months ago 1 min read
Gaslight Anthem
Photo by Rafael Garcin on Unsplash

I would offer you tea, except it would burn the tongue you

Needlessly lash my way when I'm

Sure, sexy, slumping, slurping on my sorrys

I wonder if you know that I

Do not know reality anymore

Itchy palms to touch the love you once blanketed upon me

Only you've woven smallpox into my small box

Useless to question the who's who of fuses: we are artificial light, and I'm your bedroom's fixture:

Sconce, shaken, dim-witted, daft.

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About the Creator

Cali Loria

Over punctuating, under delivering.

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  • Dalma Ubitz8 months ago

    Obsessed with this!! The whole poem was eerie and full of inner rage. The last line still haunts me. Well done

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