Matthew Bass
Mechanical Burn
Sometimes it becomes too much
to drag this suitcase down the assmebly line,
the same mechanical routine.
I
re-read your e-mails everyday
to soften the metal edges.
I
consume, consume, consumed by lonliness
waste, waste, wasting away slowly
and
pretend.
nudged by an unnatural clock
divided by twenty-four.
maintained by the quality control department
of an artificial deist authority.
Why is it that everyone tells me,
who do you think you are?
There are standard operating procedures
for everything for a reason.
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The world is not a stage,
just a curtain call that breaks your back.
It hurts not to see you everyday
It hurts not to feel complete
It hurts not to kiss you
It hurts to call out
in unrequited love.
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