dreaming. of. something.
By AliciaB
looking, upside down, inside-out, at life
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stone
This morning I slept with someone else. I will not be clean for a while.
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142 Manor Street
Granddad and I walked perfectly in step on the way home. A still, conspiratorial silence, cut with the crunch of sherbet saucers and the pat pat pat of our boots.
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And look at the mess we're in
You left before I could say I blame you For the lives you undid, the pills you threw down your throat. Your charcoal-drenched septum, a molten black moat;
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Angels
I’d grown used to her eccentricities - the tapes that blared ’Shine Jesus Shine’ at all hours of the night and the Virgin Mary bookmarks that sprung out like phantoms from every corner
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As good as it gets
And tonight we forget About everything; The things we wanted, The things we'll never get.
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bah humbug
Twinkle twinkle little star, Bloody presents can't be far, Twinkle twinkle little star, Wonder where the **** they are
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By the radiator
I stole some midget gems. I felt sick when I ate them. Because they were yours, And you had cancer.
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Settling
I wanted to take your guts The molten bloody mess of it Swirl them round my mouth
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Mind the gap
His hands, his hands, gripped her white body. He held her like she might crumble; light enough not to break her, tight enough to hold her together.
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I saw it in the stars
I am a Capricorn, Yes that's me. Small, lean and goaty, Don't mess with me. I carry the stars in my mind, The world in my step, Gritty and goaty, Yes...
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The scent of them
I miss the smell of families – Funky, loud, unabashedly visceral. Granddad’s chest hair was wiry; sourly Vinegary, reeked like baked conkers. Nana’s...
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