my masked face doesn't keep them out.
rolling in the hay and dust,
those girls cower below my shadow
of love and good intentions.

i lied to be sick (and slept instead.)
still, work was started, paused
and finished under creeping thunder.

now i can breathe in my apartment.

08/06/2008

Author's Note: i cleaned the guinea pig cage after i called out of work haha

Posted on 08/06/2008
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