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myself esteem

By if pascoe

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underwater i don’t weigh so much, am not myself so much; when i exist like atlantis, i think you disappeared so i get high and go diving. cos in the nighttime my legs are walking, over towards you, always towards you even if sometimes i’m backwards; and there is no garbage, the world is pure as a priestess i am loved like a priest is; i am not walking that trash line looking for those scrap bits of paper, see those scrap bits of paper that serve to remind me between the weeds there are sounds that remain me, possibly maybe, and i should care enough to try to listen. instructions for this dream: light, inhale, repeat, finish the last fix half tide, then wait for the next ride and save those red eyes for the lies in the morning. then, in my head instead of self abuse i’ll lay you down onto gentle ground, lean to kiss so lowly the blushed cheeks i cannot believe exist for me; this is and is no dream, love is and may not be. p.s. dear God you are an absent master: you let me love her and need her, leave her then miss her, visit once in awhile like the in-laws. Written May 8th, 2002 © on Feb 21 2002 11:37 AM PST   18 • 0 • 10

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