it's easy when the
madness
is on the outside
you can
react
move
slice
attack

try evasion
when it writhes
from the inside
like your forked tongue
flickering
300 miles
cutting me
another maudlin letter

your messages
swallow a box of
razor blades

a brick of
nonchalant invocation
and i can feel
my own spine rise
until your diplomacy
burns my throat

watch the acid
rise and fall

do me one last favor
and
dip your head
into
the fire

NB @ 12:10 AM

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