its shanks

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he tried to pull the barnacles off him

mop of sweat and clammy hands

plodding needles still prod & coarse pink

muskrat

the slats it mashed in terror

conspirings and slappings of flesh

lets out his belt a little to breathe

unsocked feet and partially moistened underwear

gushy shadows

the whole eye was sunset red

veins throbbed

he chain smoked after, through the night

yearning to flinch

the silence fell in pinpricks

as she stared with thankless eyes

his eyes throb

in the bathroom,

while she sits on her shanks

one ascetic talon clasping

yellowed eyes flash in the darkness

the lights begin to fail

mallard duck

clawing for something

hidden in the muck

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