Pen

Ink

Paper

Pen

Ink

Paper

Purple hands and tan skin

chapped lips and gaping eyes

mind

chaotically proportional

smudged w o r d s and shattered colors hiding behind stained glass

Pen

Ink

Paper

Gray painting a charcoal sky

tiny bones dancing in the moonlight

porcelain against crumbling bricks
and rusted metal

deaf ears drowning in the harmonized chaos

of deep yells and whirling sirens and blaring horns and soft cries and heavy bangs – red streets, watch out for red streets baby, you just got new shoes – and wo r d s

Wor d s

Word s

Pen

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Paper

Chipped walls

flakes of beige

splintering floorboards

grimy tiles

smell of smoke and grease and fast food
and coffee

a notebook

home

(words)

Pen

Ink

Paper.