Vellum

I write my name down on paper
paper that has a unrealistic desire
to be vellum

I read what I have written
for a sense of authenticity
more authentic than my image
reflected in a mirror stained with mildew
and toothpaste

The words on this paper
anyone can read
bums, whores, addicts,
homosexuals
intellectuals
and the broken old men
whose hope died
in the past

I write

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The Alleys of Madness

I walk through
The maddening alleys
In search of
A God
and a Dragon
Only to find
A pointless
liquor store

From this
I was left in
The fearful insanity
As horrible as
A blank document

What a wasteland
this empty space was
All that resided
the sheer terror
Of a journey which lead

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The Mirror

I exist in the 'day to day'
watching the wind play
with the trees
sway

Looking out the window
I stand naked and wet
water dripping from
sanitized skin

This is surely a new day
But it began like any
all the same

vigorously drying
with a unclean towel
I wear the uniform
greased stained

As I prepare for

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