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the last of january [bathrooms are STILL lockets of heaven]

the first of january, at some

point in the d(r)ead of night,

turned into the last of january.


january is like august in

some ways; a series of 2 am and

7 pm. yet unlike august -

bathrooms of peace and

serenity. blessed bathrooms.

promises. apologies.


the pain trickles off my back,

shoulder blades and mile long muscles

and endless

endless, like

salvation. like mercy.


god looks on me with sympathy.

i look on my

self with honesty. like a

wicked witch of the

west, there is blessing

in every curse.


dorothy, find your way home.


find your way home.


sit in a bathroom struggling

to breathe and wiggle home through

drain pipes and leaky taps.


want it, need it. yearn

and crave and yell to an empty

sky. hide your shock when it

responds. hide your

shock when

the angels have open arms.


january will

remain as history.

january will remain

it will always remain.


and i will always crawl back

to the bathroom

and curl up in

the single ray of sunshine

and walk out carrying it with me.


carry the love of the sun,

carry the brightness.


the stars are so beautiful

tonight they don’t

even look real -


too beautiful to be real.

far too much.

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