The Force

this the cusp
of my forever year
and all I ever
knew of you is here -

one white piece
of sliding prose
typed and loose 
you were uncrafted

and I exposed
you grafted me onto
something else
not yours bade me

go grow how to
live in a world of
self-serve being a
misbegotten child of

one's own making
paint it black darling
etch it deep be
brief and withdrawing

angular being all
obtuse and underwhelming
expect hurt expect
bad days such

perverted force like
spots has to surface
at some point some
time your

lies will smother you
poor careless waif with
no good food - go
starve it will get

worse yet
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