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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Seven.

Bare your teeth,
your needle tongue

pierce my skin and lips
and steal life from me.

There!
My final exhale,
a soft whisper,
your name


because it has always been you,
even when I wasn't sure,
pretended I didn't know.

The last thing I know is death,
a cold breeze that sweeps
my broken bones away,

and then I sense my awakening,
feel my body regaining shape,
straining to reassemble.

Before my eyes I see them, 
our coming days, a collage 
of blood and running wild, 
feeding and winter picnics, 
graveyard family reunions.

I never believed in afterlife
until I saw it for myself.

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