Nate Peligeiro

What do you do with a dead kiss?
I know when it died
and haven't since
been able to resurrect it.
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alchemical reaction
ash brought back to life
bleed the veins
stretch the next
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impending doom must die
be hacked down
and dragged away
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I've lamented the rush for years.
I've never enjoyed an adequate pace.
Everybody sprinting toward the finish line
still obsessed with arriving first.
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Up against incredible odds,
why break myself? I thought.
I'll lie low and weather the storm.
When the time comes,
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since stumbling into this dustbowl
a year ago
my eyes have been red

i've left three times
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I once wrote a poem
to a waitress
at a bar
I frequented.
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Outside again,
the moon has put itself
directly over
my enemy.
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The world is a dead fish,
and I'm its lifeless gills.
If death has a face,
it is mine.
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I was at El Harem
last night…
Tonight
I have a date
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Why in the company of others am I more alone than if I had no one at all?
Lonely Boy asked Whispering Wind.
Why is it so hard to find someone who understands?
Lonely Boy, puzzled, kept riding.
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I fell into the trap
I took the bait
knew it was too good to be true
and still proceeded without enough care
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Since long ago,
for many years
I've loved drinking alone
and listening to Tommy
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Blue smoke curls to the moon,
I smoke,
I think.
I ask, why me?
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I have knowledge of the Twin Serpent Song.
I have knowledge of the Twin Serpent Dance.
It comes in many forms.
It's always different.
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I got the job.
I got the apartment.
Now I just need the girl,
who, if having met first
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