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Words Like Lead Boots
Caught between parentheses
Staring into what is not
Tired of whys and lies
I say the same words a lot
Writing your ink blot self
Out of the sky and trees
I helped you find a way
Through the lines of need
She makes a hole for herself
She cuts a knot in the world
Messages like decoding symbols
Thumb pricking phrases, I tremble
Brink of a sunken rusted ship
Shaking and starting to rip
Hurry, just jump off the tip
Alas, I bump my head, and slip
Rotten, deluded, unorthodox
Like time corroded, falling through
Mixed signals, trapped paper people
Watch it all come unglued
One last yes for the road
But a hopeless, inevitable no
Make it a definite answer
As deathly and silent as cancer
