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Dot Dot Dot... Doom

Ellipses of Death

By Emily McGuffPublished 4 months ago • 1 min read

Text dots bloom 

(...)

From the middle of the screen 

(...)

And I float there. 

-

I am the what-ifs -

The possibilities - 

The held breath 

beneath the ocean’s waves

as I dive between them. 

-

And you,

The writer, 

The texter, 

The space between the dots. 

You are the bomb.

-

You are the bomb 

At the center of my life - 

The fuse unlit and waiting - 

And I’m searching for a match. 

-

You are the wrecking ball, 

just before 

it makes contact. 

And I - I am behind

the wheel and levers, 

swinging the arm. 

-

Ash tastes delicious

When it’s flavored with dreams: 

A layer of “we wills” 

With a dash of would be’s

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About the Creator

Emily McGuff

@theuninkling

Author of Crystalline and the Hollow Touch Series (self-published on Amazon)

Lover of lyrics and poetry.

Obsessed with sci-fi and fantasy.

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    Written by Emily McGuff