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Leftovers
Patterns and webs stick in my head
Like the things that Ive done
And the things that Ive said
Not whats in the work
But the way you may look
Or the way that they hurt
And the people they tell me
the suitcase is full
Im not up for opinion
But Im taking the poll
Its not me who I choose
They have all the control
And the letters they write
Burn and sctratch up my mind
No longer profound as they used to find
The blur of the television
blasts at my hands
Im trying to tell if Im meant to understand
Though the floor keeps on spinning
forced to dance on the squares
No longer a meaning
But blank slits to the stairs
My legs then they buckle
as I sink to my knees
Slipping inside
while they gaze at the trees
Hair then is flying
as the thoughts whirl the air
and Im down for the process
but all I can do is stare
As the children run smiling
and bricks keep dead still
Its no longer a game
Because I am the kill
And the fingers are punctured
their wounds are all split
all on your account
Because of your spit
you said they were nothing
and so began to believe
You cant take it back
So you'll hide in your sleeves
You kept saying they were extra
not a full beating heart
eventually you said it enough
That you couldnt believe that they arent
Then the time through the hole
stuck paralyzed
Cant see what they are
Just by eating their eyes
But we do
That we do
Envelope judgements and sin
and package the person
until they can't swim
They suffocate under all the corners and sound
until we get what we want and the leftovers
drown
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