Percy Flage

You lay distressing,
You live in constant fear of losing,
That which is already lost.
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The always nurturing organism with a lovely rash.

Overwhelming optimism got his tire slashed;
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I dare say I hate them,
The ones who've done you wrong,
Your innocence condemned,
By this conniving throng.
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I feel like a child
On Christmas eve
Excited, anxious, completely restless.
Who knew I would ever want to go home so badly?
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Bus floor smear
Varicose veins
Adjacent: fat, black woman.
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The drill bores.
Each chunk gone,
An interest destroyed.
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I breathe through a filter,
In place of holding my tongue.
I drink from a bottle,
In lieu of moving my lungs.
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Rolling hills
Breezy chills
Daffodils and
Many pills
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I look in the mirror,
And don't know
If I like what I see.
It isn't really bad,
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Make it stop before it becomes doubt.
Kill them off with one frail shout.
Help me darling, I beg you - please!
Bark them off me, perhaps up trees?
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This trip has no reason or rhyme,
Not enough to warrant the time
That I spend away from you, dear.
All paths I travel feel wonderful and unclear.
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Oh, darling! My darling!
I'm very sorry I have left.
Forgive me for not being deft,
For months ago, I made my plans,
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The Love Doves Hit the Window / I'm Suing Windex
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I'm being robbed by judgment
Denied a place in
The homecoming of my sister
Whom I have not seen in a year
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Treading dangerous water
Scared I might bleed
You're a shark old friend
You took a bite outta me
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Besides,
There's a Bright side to
All alone, without a home
When no body loves you
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Still seas of white sand
Trapped in cellulose caplets
One each day, not more.
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Injected with rejection,
infected by dejection.
Immune to all affection.
I've naught but introspection:
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You speak of me,
Like I am the Devil, myself.
Carnage incarnate,
I am just an arousing rouse.
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A sacrifice, it must be made,
To soothe his ancient pain!
That lamb was just a cloud with legs!
Its death was done in vain.
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