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What For?

Alex S. Johnson

Because this hurt is a vessel
Driven to a point
Dazzled to vicious talons
Goaded to machine.

Because substantially they
Closed the door, windows nailed shut,
Glass faces penetrating zero.
They worse than seal the gates,
My magic spring cannot reach!
It bubbles with ghosts,
Slipping time’s noose.

Because this rage is a missile
Of vast and soft indifference
Guided towards chaos
On a derelict car with fun wheels.

Because the venom congeals
The rocket fuel so thin and vaporous
So quick and alive when born
I’m bumping my wings on the steps you
Make me climb!

I want what you can’t feel
The burning raptures of portal
“Anywhere, out of this world”
where the heavy clay collective
doesn’t breathe.

I can see from there
stunning alphabets
spires of dream cities
an open circuitÉ
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