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hansel and gretel
i keep
tugging on
this thread
in my hand
accumulating
length
while twisting it
between my fingers,
and old absent-minded
nervous tick
before the age of
cell phones;
and i wonder
what i'd do with it
once i got to the end,
like a dog chasing cars
and possible
destruction's guilt-worthy
but i,
keep
tugging
and pulling
even when it starts
hurting
and my
eyes squeeze shut as the
tugging
turns to ripping
and my
shirt's dripping
and it's
(underneath) and it's-
almost there,
a muscle-memory road map
fisted in my hand, (bloodied)
and through
clenched teeth i
just want it out,
just want it to
go away,
why can't it just-
end
;like a
brief message scrawled,
quiet click of a door handle,
equally quiet footfalls
soon swallowed by
rain.
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