only shadow

so now i am the shadow, cast
along facades, across the skin
of the earth, tossed over faces,
all these faces,

and so now i see, pulling away
constructs, the invention of the
rippling, fragile skin of civility,
and your heart

beats with hate like fists on the door,
the cuckold of your polysyllabic
charms, beats with hate like seconds
slipping

you burst with contempt for anything
that is not you, essential virus, aching
to spread and become, to become
quiet

be quiet or i'll hear you

beating at the backs of your eyes
in this dream, i wait, for you to dissipate

but i am not like you, not of you, and
i am not anything, just a shadow, a forget,
and you will only smile, baring teeth.

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unedited. 10.14.10.