Used Up

I'm falling off, slipping into the bleak ether

Because I cannot manage a simple hello

And all of this, all these words and thoughts

Mean nothing to the cosmos when it demands

Tit for tat, back scratches, and blood draws.

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I'm melting into a puddle of negatives

And carefully curated irrelevancy

Because this world is a hungry place but

It's learned only how to suck on the sweets

And spit them out to avoid gaining the weight.

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It doesn't want to gain me in its memory.

It tongues my dreams, licks my soul,

Drains the best parts of my ideas

And then spits me into the trash at a truck stop

Forgetting the miles we've travelled.

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P.S. So sorry I've been quiet and a little absent here. I've been knee-deep in other studies that have completely consumed my time. It's done now and after a day or so of rest, I'll be back to reading all your lovely stories :)