your soul was a side dish at my birthday dinner

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your soul was a side dishat my birthday dinner

The soul:

you are nothing, my friend

dead weight in space

layers of skin

delicate lace

cut from the mold

ten fingers

ten toes

temporarily young

eternally old.

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a hand reaches up

now it’s my choice

to grasp or to laugh

recognizable voice

watching all along

a witness to sin

the one in charge of your fate

you chose not to befriend.’

’myles katherine

you are nothing without me

swallowed by waves

Humanity’s sea

A bottomless grave

selfish and loud

unmercifully cruel

followed by death

a predictable duel.

I am all that you have

and all that you are

no match against death

but i’ll help you live on

silent and sure

awaiting my cue

for the moment you realize

you are helpless and used.

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contributors

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Brandon Alan Hunter 2,10,19,24,29,36Kimberly Meagan Davies 5,7,12,13,17,18,23,25,28,35Lauren Elizabeth Miller 4,8,9,14,15,22,26,27,30,31Myles Katherine Coleman 3,6,11,16,20,21,32,33,34

thanksRichard PumphreyDr. Delane Karalow Ursula BryantSteve Coates

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