Rituals of mumbling.
Retrieval from numbness.
Word hoard.
A pile of unassembled sentences.
Flaunted flesh.
Ill-defined gods.
Washed and air dried.
Patted like a good dog.
Malice stained.
Paper doll.
Mosquito cloud.
Smokey fire defense.
Pushed.
Pushed too far.
Gods. Made things
for moments like this.
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