no hand forces another

I fell into the mouth of putrid silence​

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still dressed in stilts picked and laid out by me.

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It’s true that no hand forces another ​

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and it was mine that closed my eyes for me.

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Yes, yes, with nails,​

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but only one, seven or six​

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that with a smile went under quietly.

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So what, if now, to crawl out ​

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from beneath a surface, I must first swallow ​

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my distorted sense of irony.

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So what, if suddenly, I must water the spines ​

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and not forget to breed new pairs of teeth.

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So be it, so be it​

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just please, I beg you ​

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don’t spell it out for me ​

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[COLOR=black]in wounds more than skin deep, [/COLOR]​

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[SIZE=2][COLOR=black]very deep.

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[FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=black]I’ll have the nerve to bite [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]​

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[B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=black]into blank walls of all my nothings, [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Verdana][/font]​

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[CENTER][B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=black]if that’s the way they lately seem[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Verdana][/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
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[CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=black]from here.

[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Verdana][/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=black]Oh well, it’s just the same, [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Verdana][/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=black]why does it matter [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Verdana][/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=black]if I set out to bite out my own throat[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Verdana][/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=black]and piece for piece slay vocal strings[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Verdana][/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=black]finally free.

[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Verdana][/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=black]I must, however, forgo anger [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Verdana][/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=black]and just the same those fangs I must forgo[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Verdana][/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=black]if every now and then they call for hands I cherish[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Verdana][/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=black]for more than once they lead and fed me straight,[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Verdana][/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=black]not long ago, they taught me how to see.

[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Verdana][/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=black]I’d rather sink my teeth into just this: [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Verdana][/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=black]I have a voice as long as I can hear you,[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Verdana][/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=black]a skin two inches thick that sometimes feels like brick,[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Verdana][/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=black]but mostly falls apart and weeps.

[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Verdana][/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
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[CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=black]And, most of all, [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Verdana][/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=black]I must hang on to this: [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Verdana][/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=black]I kept the spoon [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Verdana][/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=black]that holds the nothings [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Verdana][/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
[CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=black]that make me strong, yet weak.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Verdana][/font][/CENTER][FONT=Verdana]
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