oceanside gone

this shit drags on with the tide,
over and over the waves comb
your matted membrane out of
your thick knotted mind the last
time your kind came this close
to discovering kindness there
were stars without names:
little yellow, big fuzzy orange,
enormous ebony star that
dumps the night into your
peeled black eyes with
a shimmering side of
fuck your day light life
and fuck your side project
life it's too big for you
nothing's gonna stop the
knife that spreads
your attention baklava-thin
and when the waves snap
the twigs on your shores
my footprint's gonna
store so much carbon
i'll breathe bricks of
gasoline like coke &
charlie sheen you
floozy, you fat
magnificent beach
with your white sand
and your golden strands
of love-locked tomorrow
and your boarded up
boardwalk where the
pipers talk of playing
and the carousel spins
a lullaby your way

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