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July 01, 2000

misery backwards folder

destroyed story forever
buried beneath, beyond
tried calling you
dead tone instead
dialt once, thrice

second though
smoke screen
bled green ugly sore

scoreless movie
blank game

couldn't care less
realised how drunk
I must have been
then, to find a place

for you inside; me?
dark incarnate?
dead & dangling.
hung by my own hair,

hung out there
lost & lying, tired &
drying out. pungent
loss. hated faces.

a laugh is needed
a full recovery.
my unhidden away ache
love of faceless
voices talk caustic

fell apart & open
the tourist-spy
tilted over
a sticky surface

absolutely
            nothing
absolute

aching ears,
arms
back brace breaking
atonal whistle
round my neck
dog holler
dog collar
unleashed animus
angling the anima
ever twisting

anxious coil
fraught spiral
nervosa
neurosis
new ancients
sending long calls
down the vine

a dream is recorded
a full calamity.