huit : the sinner and the paragon

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12:05 a.m.
monday morn —
bedroom parlour

***

i loured —
despite the unseen
stitches that were
placed in my mouth.

a mouth that's
filled with tales
and voyage of
the ships across
the cosmic sky.

i was a dreamer
after all.

a dreamer
who endured the
bile that dripped
on the tip of my
tongue.

forced to eat the
tales i wanted to
vomit and sew my
own lips using
my crimes.

and there was him —
free from the sins
that i had to wash
using soap and
water.

free to spout words
of the truth.

the speech of
a paragon.

***

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