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Control

Mike Brennan

I killed deer in my youth
that returned as my women

I drank storms that casually transformed
into fire & turpentine
which drained & distilled straight into my
mouth’s mimed
muzzle of moonshine

& every year somehow sucks the life right out of me
just like sperm into the darkness invested upon a nameless whore

Three distinct worlds swarm upon my fingertips like wasps
returning as creational headaches
& inherited shakes of unpredicted earthquakes
shocked all along with my cut breaks
because I lay awake
knowing how much I detest these daydreams

The world’s greed is strictly immaculate
while mine is as vulnerable & vigilant as a blind date

But a serendipitous smile reminds us all who is in control

Yet who really owns the night?
& who really maintains the untamed stallion’s rains?

Grey clouds follow my footsteps like a shadow of sleet
along a water colored & defeated beach
that is my life separated into sudden episodes
& momentary stops
along the tracks to ponder, pause &
witness my spirit
being casually
wrecked upon the rails.

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