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smiles ill acquainted to my eyes

churn beyond clenched jaw grits

numbness grating the grindstone

besets a permanent fixture settling behind turbulent milk teeth,

reminiscing on that which is yet to be lost...

a passed around party trick with diminishing novelty, 

akin to a candling wish

founded upon brittle twine and sparings of time-

decapitate the wick 

and thieve the ability to revere or shine.

phantoms loom with feverish chill,

voyaging the deadbolt canyons of your mind,

searching for the tried and true.

unsolvable insolubility dismantles floodgate unease,

with all the buoyancy of a sinking ship,

parallel to the current of unwant.

truths pressed to folded palms like a thumbtack crucifixion,

anchored wrists bear abounding truths, much to my chagrin

though rusted knuckles deny the satisfaction of the deck's revelation.

place a trigger to a restless pulse point

and kiss me quiet...

a defamation branding, powered on white hot spite.

I don't secrete cruor from the guilt of inquisition,

my aches spill from the act of misplaced reverence