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Maraud
I am ugly and alone,
In the heat of another
Solitary sun,
Letting time cascade
Off my aching body.
It’s me against the demons
Harvested in isolation,
Watered by your negligence
In my granite adobe
With a spout for smoky dreams;
You fled one summer week,
Leaving shriveled snakeskin
Gathering moonlight in my yard.
We wore masks,
And I am not as beautiful under mine
As you were behind the
Facade of love
That governed those
Thunderstorm nights,
And I no longer need mirrors
Shattering in the corner of my room,
I know I am ugly,
And I have always been alone.
I am ugly and alone,
In the heat of another
Solitary sun,
Letting time cascade
Off my aching body.
It’s me against the demons
Harvested in isolation,
Watered by your negligence
In my granite adobe
With a spout for smoky dreams;
You fled one summer week,
Leaving shriveled snakeskin
Gathering moonlight in my yard.
We wore masks,
And I am not as beautiful under mine
As you were behind the
Facade of love
That governed those
Thunderstorm nights,
And I no longer need mirrors
Shattering in the corner of my room,
I know I am ugly,
And I have always been alone.