about abandonment

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I've grown tired.

And I would much rather sleep,

than think of all the things that have

abandoned me.


What to begin with? Where to start?

I think i've left so much behind that

to ask myself of desertion would be too hard.


Maybe i'll confess, or simply turn away

to the accusatory gaze of yesterday.

Who often seeks to remind me of those tender

miles, and sweet dreams, that ache in my jaw like cavities.


When it all comes down to it---

out of anger or desperation ---

I abandon myself. 

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