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what could have been
 

the whispers

of my demise

are getting

louder

 

i have never

bothered myself

with paying any

attention to them

 

i'm too damn

busy trying to

sabotage my

own life

 

so far

 

so good
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too damn stubborn
 

sitting alone in a medical

facility waiting to have

some x-rays done

 

looking around at all

the old couples knowing

damn well i have already

lived half of my life

 

quickly thinking about

how i'll manage this shit

when i'm older, alone

and too damn stubborn

to ask for help

 

this is when i hope my

savior has beautiful eyes

and an ass that i can dream

about from across the room
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and rainbow eyebrows
 

just walked by

a woman with

green lipstick

 

hopefully the

freaks are finally

taking over
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the stranger
 

a stranger told me

online to seek out

the lord

 

i asked this stranger

if the lord was there

when i was molested

as a child or when

my father tried to

choke me to death

 

silence

 

apparently the lord

was making sure

the stranger didn't

accidentally let the

truth get out
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swiss cheese
 

the guy behind

me in the hospital

waiting room

 

just said the

doctor said his

mother's insides

looked like swiss

cheese

 

so much for that

sandwich


J.J. Campbell (1976 - ?) is old enough to know better. He's been widely published over the years, most recently at Misfit Magazine, Disturb the Universe Magazine, Dumpster Fire Press, Horror Sleaze Trash and The Asylum Floor. You can find him most days on his mildly entertaining blog, evil delights. (https://evildelights.blogspot.com)