muscle relaxers and bourbon to bed

‘muscle relaxers and bourbon to bed’

my body a theater of late

here the truths and

its unconscionable current.

i despise me.

i despise the way

the closeness comes tarnished. 

lying woke, and watching,

a slate of consumed expression,

in-between of my eyes 

sharp or dull

either and both at once;

east to west i rise to fall,

an absence i want this world.

in this state i lack gravity,

i am sand

i am lamp exhausted

i am troubled child’s approach

i am trembled limb

          splintering under the careless bird. 

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© Joseph A. Pinto

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