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~We Turn The Channel~

DU collaboration: kriticool & Raquel...(raorrick)


gutter turned grave
and therein
what lies is a cold & rigid body
he was only twelve.. days? months?

lunar years, solar years
too many
tears
falling


we turn the channel


skeletons with
skin
protruding eyes that
cry out

a dollar a day

they-we’re in a bad way; taking
a lashing...compassion
out of fashion


we turn the channel


surf high
our caring is not
too many mundane distractions

attention span...turned out
turned into
fractions


we turn the channel


not sharing or bearing the fruit or the brunt of
what we could do
each discovery goes un-channeled
why can’t we see
the dishonesty of you & me


we turn the channel


sanity; our humanity
a loss the
un-free

so true

the good in us
the should in us
coming
up
short


we turn the channel

...
Written by kriticool
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