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running out
it's running, the mass is bigger than our span, the surface flips back what we see, shields its depths.
freyapayne5
Nov 9, 20251 min read
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i look for you on my horizon
somewhere your fire smoulders, a beacon that pulls me forwards, reading your uncertain signals connects one day to the next.
freyapayne5
Nov 8, 20251 min read
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flask
we want the showman's best elixir, will take any bond for the honeyed light to touch us.
freyapayne5
Nov 7, 20251 min read
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nestle
opening your hand there is a hollow where all the creases meet. you show me again how to move between worlds.
freyapayne5
Nov 6, 20251 min read
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lung
we lie together in the mud, you breathe through me still.
freyapayne5
Nov 5, 20251 min read
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crucible
transition hides, blind within. the brittle wall of the crucible just enough.
freyapayne5
Nov 4, 20251 min read
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merge
leaf and tree, water and sky a merger that fires my mirror neurons towards love.
freyapayne5
Nov 3, 20251 min read
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moth
you sat tight in the black shell of your SUV, a detonator in the mouth of the city mall, and i saw the insubstantial wings of a moth sucked into stillness on the damp tarmac.
freyapayne5
Nov 2, 20251 min read
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swerve
can you feel other options tugging at the wheel?
freyapayne5
Nov 1, 20251 min read
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moving on
the body of the beach is flowing east, as cells in you discard their past and leave for the wilderness.
freyapayne5
Oct 31, 20251 min read
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fuzzball
complexity can insulate change. the direction of growth bides it's time.
freyapayne5
Oct 30, 20251 min read
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power systems
at any table feed the empty mouth, close the gaping wound, hear the silent voice.
freyapayne5
Oct 29, 20251 min read
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hold it
a torso is barely a ladder for the anxiety that rises, a form held with love as the insistent drama leaves.
freyapayne5
Oct 28, 20251 min read
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notch
our fingertips double a sensory universe, tools extend our claim and blunt our knowledge.
freyapayne5
Oct 27, 20251 min read
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detonate
what is it you carry, sealed within your body, that will ignite and shatter your world?
freyapayne5
Oct 26, 20251 min read
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destiny
mining for what pays, a cost dear to life.
freyapayne5
Oct 25, 20251 min read
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aid
she said, help me, don't harm me cross over and learn. what i need is what you need.
freyapayne5
Oct 24, 20251 min read
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the last scrap
the last scap of river front saved from the gated houses by our pride for the magna carta.
freyapayne5
Oct 23, 20251 min read
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banner
positivity may grease the wheels contrails cross out the sky, yet i save the banner of your primary colours.
freyapayne5
Oct 22, 20251 min read
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sleepers
a city of small rooms lit at night bodies as mass yet thin walled apart.
freyapayne5
Oct 21, 20251 min read
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