Rachael Swiss Poems

Non compos mentis
I adjusted to the abnormal
And derived a new routine -
Encompassing the most basic
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omelette.
yellow. flaccid. phallic.
uncircumcised prick in seat 54A
i did not eat it,
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the white wedding dress
would have suited her better
had it been a straitjacket
fresh off a cold corpse
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We all have our demons.

Mine is large and burly-shaped
Though not as large and burly to you
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You know the coffee is bad
When three sugars disappear
Into sheer burnt bitterness.
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I feel your fingers in me and they move me
In and out and up and down
Riding the waves of ecstasy
And then you are gone.
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our lips touch but we do not kiss for nearly an hour
sixty protracted minutes of rejecting magnetism
hesitating
and in this time i try to read your thoughts
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There are fragments of your flesh
Trapped
Underneath my fingernails
Crusted blood in frozen coils
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I pretend to sleep beside you -
Lying awake with heightened awareness
Attempting to preserve this moment,
Encapsulate it in a memory,
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whenever i sleep i sprawl.
i cover my bed with the
entirety of my entity
to make up for the loss
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