TIME TO EAT THE STRINGS

TIME TO EAT THE STRINGS

Time to eat the strings

holding up

life

puppet like and void

of compassion

or thought

just knowing

the nighttime

sweats

soaking through

beneath the bone

screaming behind

closed ears

fearing truth

and shunning desire

and lightness

a simple cut

a slice to the marrow

a mis-dialed call

can sever it all

before time abates

and the stomach shrinks

and there is nothing left

but time

to eat

the strings.

-CSCHWEIZER

27 JUNE 2012

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