Taylor Seaton

Night is said to be
The daytime
Of the soul
And my soul
...

In softer sleep,
We were lovers once.

We entangled
...

What a waste
Of a pretty face
Smile
Diamonds
...

I was ambulating arbitrarily
In a husseling marketplace
Busseling
And
...

Hum
Drum
Bums
Dining on
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Time stood still for once
In that misty moment.
We were everywhere
Yet nowhere.
...

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Generic
Rhyming lines,
Turn my stomach
To screaming havok
...

What happens in rooms
When we're not there
And the lights
are off
...

I was
pacing, tracing path
Up down
Through
...

Welcome to the night
Close your eyes
Tighter
I need you a little bit blinder.
...

Just outside
Of these walls
These God damn walls
The wind blows
...

Nothing
The same habitual motions.
The same vague approvals.
Nothing
...

Just(ice)
continues
And
Just as
...

Five drinks later
And my soul's
Just
As lonely.
...

The truth is upon us!
In the eyes,
The soul,
The trees,
...

In between what is and what might be
Dreams come to ruin me.
Saying
'Wake from this walking sleep!
...

I attended a funeral
Some weeks ago
The semi-familiar faces
Were all laden with the all too familiar grief
...

Three hundred
Million
Prosthetic
Gods
...

Men are
Simply
Gods
That have
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