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Buttermilk
August 7, 2012
Buttermilk
Books crumble
White as
Stale short
Cake
That sour
Scent
Lies like
Lard
Pulpy on the
Palate
Those spoiled
Pages
Taste like
Parched fingers
Licked
Sweet black
Ink
Sucked marrow-less
By
Countless thirsty
Eyes
Like
Tacky glue
Caramelized
Broken spines
Brittle as toffee
Cracked
Against
Your paper-
Ivory
Jaw
And
Sugar-dust
Settling
On Crust-coated
Covers
And
Sunlight fading
Bitter words
Into mild
Silence
© Anonymous
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