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But I’m not a poet.  
Bike horizontally m  o  r  p  h  s into sidewalk.  
11:33, 
     urs
Th      day 
evening, 
the final 41 
       saunters away.  
Crouch.                                      
Hide.  
Cover light.  
Bike and being, 
consciously lifeless, 
pressed against the gutter.  
P  r  e  s  e  n  t     i  n     l  i  g  h  t.  
Blink.  
I  m  p  r  e  s  s  e  d     o  n     d  a  r  k  n  e  s  s, 
like an illuminated 
tattoo 
lining my eyelids.  
Blink.  
Rose, rose, arose.  
                                                     Blink.  
1,429 miles,                      and                 205,                                      
                  68.5 months,                                573,
                                                                           481
                                                                               heartbeats                                                            
separate.
Blink.  
You, every blink a new setting, 
   a   n             o           n.  
           e      m    t     o
              w            i
.knilB | Blink.  
He, a pixated, black and 
white, two by two inch f
ace clipped from a yearb
ook, super(imposed) ove
r a million potential bodi
es, none of t(he)m quite right.  
    Blink.  
        Rose.  
Blink.  
Lines and verse
tattered and stained.  
You.  Me.  She.                                                                          Blink.
| G r a c e i s f o r c e, | l o v e i s a i r, | d e s i r e i s i s. | T o h a v e a n d n o t t o w a n t | o r t o g i v e. | 
Control, 
dominance,
 malice, 
boredom, 
action by inaction 
      – blink, blink, blink.
You. Me. She.
You. Me. She.
Romance novels 
bound in strands 
of putrid disgust.
A poem of love.
A poem of love.
A love of possessive indifference.  
Blink, blink,
but I am not a poet.
-becca
 
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