to what end this flowering abyss

to what end this flowering abyss

Two new poems

“I need a lobotomy but a hotel lobby will do”& “Afterbleed”

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emily
Jun 18, 2022
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I need a lobotomy, But a hotel lobby will do

Freestyling in the Marriott:

No one even looks at you

Or asks you what you’re doing

Except for an old man who says you’re working hard he says he saw you here this morning

You weren’t here this morning but love that

You are familiar to him

Like furniture

And in his mind he knows you

The biggest inherited myth is scarc…

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