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Faltered Hope of an after Party
Razor to the mirror
The stripes on the highway
Fade in and out.
Two more shots of vodka
And a Codeine. Rolled
Up 20. Speed limit denied.
People surge in and out of
The loneliest room known to man.
Sweat pours and drips.
Women wave and smile.
Four on their fours and three
Languid and bittersweet on top
Of the table watching with hollow eyes.
You burn inside.
Heart pounds.
Eyes flare.
Ears pound.
Hands shake.
Climax is unachievable.
Hit the faces.
Hit the floor.
Blood tastes in the teeth.
Throngs out the door.
Eyes flutter to sleep.
Three more lines.
Two more pills and two more shots.
The heart transcends life.
By exploding in the chest
You explode into a new space
Of nonexistence and inevitable
Culmination with the unrevealed.
Taste the misfortune of perversion
And let the taboo relaxation and
Tightening of life
Flow through your spiked veins.
Black grows around your lids.
Blood tubes collapse.
Smiles grow as at last,
You are one with nothingness
And at last in no way tied to everything.
Smoke. Drink. Pop. Spike. Snort. Lick. Push.
Take. Give. Prick. Dip. Face. Stand. Live.
Breathe. Collapse. Die. Be. Exist. Deny.
