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You sneeze teeth. The sheets are twitching
with insomnia. Nose is as red as the sticky
mucus congealing Ln tissues next to the bed.
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The gristle in the bathroom mirror rots.
A tick crawls across your uvula and is
chased out by two lumpy snakes. Bowels are
liquid totem poles that decay into porcelain.
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Your veins are metro tubes for jabbering
foreigners. They pinch at ear drums saying I
" Thanx for the invi te I sucker."
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