as we stand
watch escape
go
to the highest bidder
you turn
offer tellings
of truths betrayed

unimaginable

gather your lonely
in heavy draped rooms
shape it to
thin glass curves
fishery of drunken promises
clink
departure
against hollow gold

unimaginable
another lie
everything
I would give
to have not imagined
this

from winning sacrifice
step to sky
fold the rain
cut the corners
come down cold

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