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unfinished business

to give... back to me.

By ⸘jason alan‽Published 2 years ago Updated 2 years ago 1 min read
Jason Alan 2005, photo by Michael Garcia

the log in my eye

the shadow i see from

the mob comes for me

light grows at the eventual horizon

to give my unfinished business back to me

there are many ways to recognize a shadow

i make it dramatic and flared

and i make sure everybody knows

just what is my opinion today‽

i don't want to have one, so

i play with chaos

make love to him

taken and take it all for granted

seeing all the specs

within his vision fixed on me

back away slowly

no sudden movements

don't look like prey

don't forget that log in your way

i lack social grace

replaced by ultimate

candor and high standards

the first boundary found

in a seemingly unlimited boy

an imagination sound and staunch

faithful as masonry

to synergize holistically

first-draft broadcast

i saw all the signs before arrival

i came despite the fact

i might not come back from it

for posterital glory and fetishization

postorbital function of the hanging man

how many times

is the truth revised still true

so well karma plays in lessons

well into triple-digit freedom

i will suffer now

i will suffer because

i will be known as that man

whose ghost will change the world

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About the Creator

⸘jason alan‽

:::WARNING:::

i am only responsible for what i say,

not for what you understand.

you may learn to be charmed by my [secret‽] discontent,

or you may not.

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  • T. Licht2 years ago

    Freaky.....

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