Poem one

Jan 30, 2025

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The impossibility of falling out of a correctly tied noose pt. 1

When I saw you splayed out dead

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under the tree daunting over my

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window

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I thought I had killed you -

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in a blackout,

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in my sleep.

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But as I looked up to the still

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dangling noose

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gripping at the tree

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and the stool you had kicked out

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from under your feet I knew

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it wasn’t me

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but you

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self saboteur,

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cold motionless and silent,

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I wonder if you made a noise

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as you

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fell