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I keep writing cars
drinking oil
checklist

over here
no, I haven’t forgotten

I keep wrapping you in twine
giving a choice

my lungs are sticky
tomorrow
no, no one harmed

your dog keeps saying
oh forgive us
but I wouldn’t take death
even if

you see me in a telescope
with a conch between
my teeth

I keep swatting mosquitos
cutting off my ears
giving them to you

and you say
oh
things are better here

I stick my head in the sink