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i ask you to laugh

I walk through the halls of your diaphragm when I'm alone


A marble ground that's empty, but the columns voice darkness


And there comes this wind that carries whisps from the wells of your mind


I can mimic your voice with the tips of my fingers from your throat

I'm in here, I'm in here


I've drawn out plans and blueprints for the way out

I know what I must do


But each time you wake up

And i ask you to laugh,

You just never do


Because each time you go to bed, 

You're shoved out of view


So you can't hear me wail nor lament for you to spill a single melody of humour

You cannot hear me beg for your lateral laughter

You cannot hear me now and forever after.



©2024 by Azra Keskin. 

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