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a mosquito bite

my friend,

yield,


the emotions precinct will charge interest 

if you demand a restraining order


no need, no need


one glance into your effervescent eyes is all it takes


to sweep me

away from this forgotten floor


into a land far away

right beneath where your heart meets the shore


oh my friend,

oh my friend,


i see how reality makes you forget make-believe

how it's all unwrapping into the very beginning


but I'm here,

i see you,

i see your self,

and i say,


I'll dance for it I'll cry for it I'll scream for 

ever and ever and ever


because you drive me delirious


there is one thing i worship in this world,


what is it?

what is it?


hmm i think i must ask you to leave,

to turn around, 

make a whole journey along the edge of this platform gone wrong,


act quite human myself,

buy new shoes and get real mad


and then meet you 

as a parting 

Gift


you don't need to understand any of this,

because neither do i


my hands just couldn't help writing them in secret

because i must not know,

i must not know,


so i can join in on this party 


where my index finger of our single being meets your ankle,

which also happens to be mine,

after a mosquito bite,

(blood stains in your teeth, the after-taste of iron upon my lips)

gives it an itch, 

and continues to walk.


(featuring my grandpa)



©2024 by Azra Keskin. 

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