Guarded Post

I'm pulled aside. My card's expired. Officially illegal here, I'm asked to leave. Since I'll get fired, I'm pulled aside. My card's expired with no prospects I'll be rehired. So even though my record's clear, I'm pulled aside. My card's expired, officially illegal here.

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near miss

«miss» (again?) «miss» (again?) «miss» - persistent whisper of one final hope for doing something, anything but this. «miss» (again?) «miss» (again?) «miss» (come here, dear razor, near the precipice. take aim! strike fast! plunge down this rocky slope!) «miss» (again?) «miss» (again?) «miss» - persistent whisper of one final hope. «miss» (again?) «miss» (again?) «miss» - persistent whisper of one final hope for rescuing my blood from the abyss. «miss» (again?) «miss» (again?) «miss» (are you real hope? or only cowardice?) «miss» is there no end to this tightrope? «miss» (again?) «miss» (again?) «miss» - persistent whisper of one final hope. «miss» (again?) «miss» (again?) «miss» - persistent whisper of one final hope to overhaul my bite, make it a kiss. «miss» (again?) «miss» (again?) «miss» this i'll know if i dare reminisce: bad aim'll be the only way i cope. «miss» (again?) «miss» (again?) «miss» - persistent whisper of one final hope.

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Infinity’s Moment

released. between. tight breath. thin breath. stretched out. stretch through. fire burst. pure white. pure word. release. no end. through skip. no lie. through beat. no doubt. released. between. tight breath. thin breath. stretched out. this in. this it. this is. is not about. all moved. all touched. all gone. all spent. all peace. released. between. tight breath. thin breath. stretched out. stretch through. fire burst. pure white. pure word. release.         - one thread from a Triolet Scarf

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Carnal Continuum

Gods' breathless exclamations tempt my tongue to suck each drop of sweat hot off your lips. As aching and hungry as your words get sung, gods' breathless exclamations tempt my tongue. Like smoke, your lover's whispered cries she's hung in clouds across the skies between your hips. Gods' breathless exclamations tempt my tongue to suck each drop of sweat hot off your lips.         - one thread from a Triolet Scarf

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Consensual Paraphilia

Almost there, so close! How you arouse my most insane routine, my wildest urge! Nearly past what one deserves allows, almost there, so close! How you arouse that heat in me, the blaze my voices house! Devoured again, again my furies surge almost there, so close! How you arouse my most insane routine, my wildest urge!         - one thread from a Triolet Scarf

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Eloquent Paresis

I hear it best when limited my worst, the voice of out and out tempestuous silence. Your word is holy. Mine's obscure and cursed - I hear it best when limited my worst. My throat clutched dry, I hit each page face first rapacious for your peace inside my violence. I hear it best when limited my worst, the voice of out and out tempestuous silence.         - one thread from a Triolet Scarf

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Autoerotic Aphasia

The thinnest edge, the sharpest breath of why I'll make it fight it want it take it soon. How close you come to me! Let's reach it by the thinnest edge, the sharpest breath of why its climax knows the moment when I'll die, a gasping pearl subdued beneath her moon. The thinnest edge, the sharpest breath of why: I'll make it fight it want it take it soon.         - one thread from a Triolet Scarf

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A Little Asphyxiophilia

Just one notch tighter, another step past the line and then hold on, push hard, ride fast, drive through. From each word steal a breath, squeeze here, take mine - just one notch tighter, another step past the line. Don't get me off just yet. I need no sign I've gone too far. And so what if I do? Just one notch tighter, another step past the line and then hold on, push hard, ride fast, drive through.         - one thread from a Triolet Scarf

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No More Cut

You smile. You know the questions not to ask; she's memorized responses not to say. Like sacrifice, like ritualistic task, you smile, you know. The questions not to ask carve secret symbols dark across her mask, each scar the way she's seen, the way she's memorized. Responses not to say inspire an image of whom they betray. You smile. You know the questions not to ask. She's memorized responses not to say.

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