i enticed a mouthful
of your disguised feelings
from a deep kiss
and put them
into tiny little prisons
called words
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feelings
shreds
please burn the shreds
you’ve ripped from me
so there is no evidence
of the man I used to be
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romance
Is it wrong to be guided
by romance
To be taught and nurtured
by it
To be fed and sustained
by the food of poets
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repentance
the winding path
of darkness and death
through clinging ghosts
and angels disguised as plague
destroying the memory of sin
with a disease that must be fought
wielding the sword of repentance
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Russian poets
Russian poets are cold
and distant
and usually broken
by some historical force of revolution
or stifling politics
forcing them deeper into the soul
and the only way out
is to craft the pain of comrades
and human nature
into pure genius
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Zhivago
She wanted me to be
Zhivago
But there was no revolution
To stir the poetry
No frozen tundra
To bite my skin
And eat my fingertips
So I sold sunscreen
In St. Petersburg
By the beach
m
love a girl
love a girl
who is always on her phone,
even during a romantic dinner;
relieves the stress
of all the poems i couldn’t write
and cuts down on small talk
If you love me
Tell me clearly
With words
Or symbols
Or calligraphy
I’m tired of playing
The soothsayer