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I Don't Want To Be Hughes By Joe Koch Breathe in the holy aftermath Unforgiving steely pixel air Carries old pain Grainy black and white stare Radio waves Scratchy fingers from the grave Dead Woman's stares Grab my collar Pull me close to her microphone I am bare in her cupboard In her cubicle there, I'll behave, will be better Stronger, I swear As soon as the muse is Done throttling me Ash, Ash of Sylvia Plath No cigarette she, to be crushed Bony finger points the way Breathe deep, and be not air |