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Disillusion


i dragged my tongue over the moon,

bit down on craters, binged on dust.

i ate the moon dry because 

i needed something to fill me up.

waning skin, the darkness of 

disappearance. i ate the moon

and she ate away at my flesh in return. 

 

pipe dream skin, chimera body,

what do i have to do to convince myself

that the rust and rot of my twisting tongue

will never know satisfaction?

when its tectonic plates shift, and 

i taste the dust at the back of my throat,

i will know. my lungs expand in a collision. 

 

disaster of a diaphragm. 

a mask over my mouth to protect,

a hand over my nose to deny. 

an eclipse of a swollen stomach

to swell the breath, ease the bite.

what is self preservation

if not a means to an end?

 

sour drip to curb the hunger.

i ate the moon because i wanted something inside

that wouldn't hurt. 

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