message to a(n) [ex] friend...


I boldly swung on the trapeze
but I came up short
not literally, of course
I'm sort of a giant
but when I wasn't looking
you moved it

you moved me [untinentionally] to

adoration
self deprecation
worshipful
cheerful
volunteer-ful

FATAL

slavery [of the cardiac kind].





swing.







reach.


fall.



[no safety net]







(never really)
fin.




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Next time I drive to Austin
my heart will be still
I will not miss the 35W exit
and you will not be guiding me.



I will feel empty
and you will feel nothing.




and Austin will
shine
shimmer
sing
scream
intoxicate
keepmoving.






Austin will not notice the broken girl who took 35E just to feel lost on the outside, too.