Spider
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I am a spider
I am a sniper
Awaiting spring
I am on fire, this house is cold
there's creaking door where the past gets in
There is a grapnel that keeps locked in self contempt
I am just a spider crawling through the words of a book no one ever read
This New Year's chill lets me see every breath I waste
a streak of TV light illuminates
these crumbling walls that awaken my memory
there is comfort and cruelty in this routine.
I'm a cotton ball in a waterfall I am ready to let you all win
I'll admit defeat if I could just sleep
with a dream of your teeth marks printed on my skin
I am a spider
I am a sniper
awaiting spring
awaiting something
There is a mistral through this room for rent
I am just a sniper
with no targets left
but myself
