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by Wetdryvac
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Woolens
September 21, 1994
this blanket nation
though the shape ��s not there without its handle
and what they were
I thought I ��d heard them bleating
as they dug into themselves
coveting what I ��d not got
blanketing me with their creation
confine �� blanket that cuts so slow
strike the leaping cat
soft sound of fur scraping against itself
blinking at the world in blind flashes
tarnishing I think ��
slick rip of fur without it ��s gloss
slow tap tap �� thin claws ingrown
it
digs in layers
each pattern more complex �� obliterating the last
wending deeper �� exposing flesh
when the harder wood is met
core
so much smaller now
sawdust lost to writing
cold forged iron
structure crystal aligned
once turned the paths of magics cast
one strapped shattered grasp
ore to shield now ore to lash
bitter fruit won ��t quench my thirst
antithesis of knowledge �� burst
across my face the crust is vast
but not enough to cast my earthen form inside
the blood is lost ��
no last taste of rust to trust my gaze to
thrust my face inside its chambers ��
all rearranged declaimed dismembered
what I was then �� I ��m them now
the visage is mine
clasped under cold light refurbished
drawn together in final near mastery
before the last razor ��s mirror lashed
its place and mine against the rocks
part of one part of whole
no whole to keep this soul in
hidden I think
put it inside me somewhere
lost it amongst the folds of flesh
shaped haft and crest last taken out
becoming something else I think
cut out my viscera �� no hesitation
to be more like them before I ��m lost
the hate I hide smiling crest in face
last
image cast ��
the sickle ��s brand across my flesh
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