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Lechery

Jackson Burgess

a long time ago I was told
love is longing,
lingering through lugubrious
lechery, but now I
understand myself better than
I could have imagined–
listen close:
the day you come to terms with
yourself is the day you will
be freed from the overwhelming and
infinite weight of expectation.
stop.

my mind is a wrecking yard of
deranged deprivations and
cold, dark glances
and the algae in my throat seems to have
developed a mind of its own
and it’s your doing.
stop your witchcraft, don’t you
see you’re only making it
worse?

if a bluebird lands deftly on
the thickest lily pad provided
you know very well he’ll sink
ergo, when you fall in love,
you’ll do just that: you’ll fall
and all the negative feelings associated with
the fall
will strike you as odd–

the stream of your consciousness
begs you to question just
why don’t you I mean he why could I not fly but to where
could he not what please just don’t let me fall
again.

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