the four hubcaps of my apocalypse
By Ali Whitelock
how i have tolerated any & all of me / questions foment in the garbage chute of my mind / bloat out to a sea thick with stagnant unanswerability / in winter, i pinky swear, my lies set with the sun at three forty seven pm / i keep my fingers crossed behind my back & my mother’s cup beside my bed in case of thirsty dreams ...
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