Chortling laughter bouncing off book shelves
off dishes, washed and dripping in the drying rack
off the grin returned
Stretched out and yawning
One leg over and a hand entwined
I awoke from the murk of a months long nap...
absence... coma,
purposefully induced
with too much drinking and ears clapped tight
eyes stitched shut
threaded with a steel, rusting
induced against a heart ruptured and pressed to bleeding
cradled in the knotted claws
of an esurient body
and an impotent lover’s chilled esteem
Addled, slowed, and doltish
I was stirred by a craving to drink the sea
Lick clean wounds, borne and self inflicted,
feel my feet bare and steady, solidly supporting what remained
Arose. Lashes fluttering.
Took in a smirk and gray assurance
Babbling to kissing, babbling to breathe
Babbling to brace for the day
awaiting; exhausted and intact
I ease into the jocundity of dawn
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