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Poem #117

3:26am

By Aaron HodgkinsPublished 3 years ago 1 min read

Awake. Alive.

Warm blanket of comfort, draped over cheek. Soft embrace.

Brief reprieve, relief

Gone. Awake.

One day you’ll stay. I’ll bottle you up. Tighten the lid with all my strength. All I can. You’ll be had,

just wait

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Aaron Hodgkins

I shook my brain and out came 214 little hairballs of thought.

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