Snippets

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snippets, 
like little rock-lings, half-buried, and bucked;
crawl to the surface of earth; small pawed,
behold, thy rulers, in great fashion -
the kings and queens, of will-bury and alike;
i dress in black, a magician's hat, 
a navy tuxedo, boxed square and ironed; and my shoes

soled and hard-heeled; socks striped
and torn within, and poor; clustered from paper sheets, my body -
ladies and gentlemen! for everyday,
and two and a half; and every quarter,
i fly tickets; but snippets these appear,
dare, not, must one turn an eye away; in sudden frenzy,
- i clank my heels hard against ground; shuddering,
neurotically, dancing blood-bathed;
for, does the public bear witness?
beat a man to death, agitated from his own existence;
behold! the patrons in suspect; the government and agile,
crying tongue-tied; and laced, 
blocked synapses;

afloat tears - my dance of ritual; 
shedding shards of skin, crusted -
flour and wheat; 
as these claws twirl, and around,
my thin body, leg-up and tear my face scathe;

bringing me down - i'm sinking to earth!
and terracotta;
has filled my nostrils; and eyes, mouth and ears.

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drowned in oceans beneath;

filled with water, through every porous,



and the mountains have now, crumbled; and given way

and the clouds gently falling; shooting to ground. prolific.