contrary to koyczan’s theory,
people fall for each other at
vastly different speeds. you have
sudden crushes, minor collapses,
dead drops.
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A skulk is a group of foxes.
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through the door dungeon
a spider, a monkey, a holy spirit,
a man you once loved, and just
like,
a dungeon of doors.
metal, wood, metal
and wood; glass
even.
what a terrible adventure.
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over & over again
is life
& off the swivel chair
into traffic & then back to the office
over & over again.
researching gold, the wiki
page is an information mine.
they say the element was
produced in a supernova:
nucleosynthesis. you know
those tiny dots in the sky?
the stars, silly. “don’t talk
about work
right now,” I’m not. but the stars.
that’s them colliding. dead stars.
ghost stars colliding.
& after,
the dust,
there’s gold in there.
“what?” she asked.
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nothing leads to nothing