If Only
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If Only A walk upon the treadmill pavement Knees weak The ground moves By some machination of an indifferent universe A crawl along the endless concrete Drowning in a sea of strangers Like a boat with no wind in its sails Or a bloody, crippled animal Dragging itself to God-knows-where Tasked with the chore of being alive Obligated to exist Did I ask for this? A longing stare at the mocking sidewalk Hoping maybe That the earth will open up its mouth And swallow me Like 20 milligrams of Fluoxetine I meet eyes with a passing bus And imagine stepping From the curb At the last minute To greet its windshield Like a long-forgotten lover
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A Poem About Suicide
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If OnlyA walk upon the treadmill pavementKnees weakThe ground movesBy some machination of an indifferent universe
A crawl along the endless concreteDrowning in a sea of strangersLike a boat with no wind in its sailsOr a bloody, crippled animalDragging itself to God-knows-whereTasked with the chore of being aliveObligated to existDid I ask for this?
A longing stare at the mocking sidewalkHoping maybeThat the earth will open up its mouthAnd swallow meLike 20 milligrams of Fluoxetine
I meet eyes with a passing busAnd imagine steppingFrom the curbAt the last minuteTo greet its windshieldLike a long-forgotten lover
