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hangman

John Sweet

you inside the sacred circle and
yr lover outside the door with
a bullet in his head

no small amount of magic

a mirror facing its darker twin and
then an infinite number of walls
inside the prison of your mind

a dream of your father and
of his father before him

an unbroken line of suicides

all those sad grey songs of
infinite joy that
no one ever sings anymore

John Sweet

hand in the lion’s mouth and
mouth filled with broken glass

this is no way to live but
your options have begun to run out

the fire has
consumed everything it could

picture a long empty hall
leading to a small empty room

doesn’t need to be anywhere
you’ve ever been

picture sunlight

close your eyes

in this nation of thieves &
cowards you’re no one special

in this nation of great failure
you could be anyone at all

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