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[these_limbs]

a poem, written while not sober. entitled:

the flood

while
my parents were out, busy with dinner
and we
were in, busy with lust in bed,
something else BURST from pressure:
a pipe in the basement, cracked.
melt waters seeping through the ground
through the foundation
through the walls
onto the basement floor
into cardboard boxes
into carpet fibers
into photo albums
over electrical wires,
soaked.
we drained as much as we could
and then we drowned our brains with wine
"so, let's get drunk"
i said,
as the cork screw comes out
and the wine flows in,
as the water flows into our house
ruining everything.