Josh Benash

"extinction on our lungs"

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if she stutters let her fall
if she tries to move at all
tie ribbons round her arms and knees
paint images of her as me

we'll be brighter than before (holy)
we'll be weaker when we sprawl (slowly)
we'll be floating with our heirs (we'll be free)
we'll be tiny bits and bare (we'll be free)

with no seasons left at all
and the waters bare no salt
and when everything is broken
in the closing grasp of nothing

we'll be brighter than before (holy)
we'll be weaker when we sprawl (slowly)
we'll be floating with our heirs (we'll be free)
we'll be tiny bits and bare
and we'll scream with extinction on our lungs (holy)
we'll wait for a sun that never comes (lonely)
we'll be brighter than before (we'll be free)
we'll be lonely when we sprawl (we'll be free)

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fayiirah On Jun 07, 2016

"prelude to pitchforks"

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2016-06-07 00:21:35

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