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Trees & Caves
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I looked through all the books for the stories of the Witches Cauldron,
And I stood in the woods at the foot of the tallest mountain.
All I saw were trees and caves.
The leaves shook softly in the breeze
As a branch reached out for my clothes.
A cave whispered to me as eyes stared right through me
From the back of its throat.
All I heard was, “Walk away.”
Just let me pass.
I’ve got no question to ask.
I just want to look inside and scream.
In the dim light I felt for my limbs, but I couldn’t feel anything.
In the distance snow fell and a ghost floated up from a shallow grave,
And it howled, “We’re the same!”
My fingers unfurled and curled into the soil of the mountainside.
My ribs hinged open and formed a little doorway to a different life,
And I realized we’re all trees and caves.
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She's got another guys name carved in her wrist,
And tattooed lists of the boys she's kissed
On the insides of her thighs.
A hundred other guys.
Don't look at her face,
And don't look in her eyes.
She's going to rip your heart out with a length of wire.
Fashioned into a hook,
And inserted through your face.
Like the Egyptians removed brains.
All your blood will drain away,
And you will never be the same.
Your brains must have leaked out,
Through a hole in your skull.
I think I see them tangled in your hair.
Because you think that you're happy,
because you think she,
Thinks about you when you aren't there.
She bought a knife at the thrift store,
Just for cutting out hearts.
She had a rusty one before.
"Does she still have it?"
I'm not sure,
but she's still taking boys apart
In the backseat of her car.
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Jason Steady Joshua Tree, California
Songs made at home, both alone and with friends.
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