magnetic rats

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magnetic rats ( star citengam )

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see the us in we
shards of glass, a dark crevasse
splitting like a pea

as the demon skag
pricks apart the spark of heart
maiden, mother, hag

fading as a ghost
once a signet, since a swan
you’re tomorrow’s toast

i’m a blooming fool
not a willing sacrifice
daft but not a tool

all is scattered dust
butter fingers, sinking sand
sputterings of rust

drifting planks of wood
sob a song & cue the rain
bad is the new good

blue is green & gold
in your twisted mirror land
soon it’s black & cold
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a u g u s t

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a u g u s t ( t s u g u a )

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a pples tumble down

   another summer stumbles

   ants soar above us

u nder shrouds of cloud

    ushering a hawthorn hue

    unicorns weeping

g reen is greengages

   gourdish hordes of cucumbers

   grass is golden bales

u mber is the sun

   until september nestles

   upon these thistles

s he will sneeze again

   swooping on the prickled fools

   soothsayers say so

t oads rain by teatime

   tomorrow pokes a wasp hive

   tossers scribble on

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