Weight

weight

the days add weight
like so much lead dropped on our
toes
make noise in creaky leather shoes
they want free
dom
ination is not love
are you saying my father loved
me
asles kept me in bed so long i forgot how to
wake

early
witness the sun dreary eyed and honest
before its morning cof fe (a) (e)

tures include widescreen version
theatrical trailer
and inno cen (ts) (ce)
in the sand don’t cut the feet like glass
though waves don’t flatten like a
train

your pets to live free
this lesson may save your
soul
cakes and tea will keep life in
me

et death head on
though preferably leaning slightly to the
left
ist rhetoric will not balance
waste

every moment you’re paid to use
savor your free
time
to take out the trash
try not to cry if the neighbors can see
you

said i could be anything i wanted
i want to be
anything
is better than nothing
not quite so good as fud
ge

st because you can’t feel doesn’t mean I shouldn’t brea
the
best way to kill the poor are cities
they
say

what you like
lies are like lead



C.L. Bledsoe

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