*loolaville _poetry    



On The Double

You're returning to the frontal lobe
on the double these days
thanks to tacky suburban houses
wrapped in bright christmas lights
and dark movie theaters
where I'm leaning forward
with my elbows on my knees
expecting to feel your hand on my back.
Words like agrah resurface
and tapes with super christian songs
play in the stereo as if they were
never ejected.
I'm just wanting to cram you back
into my cortex and protect the moments
I have right now from
your ghostly invasion-
Your invasion cloaked as a distraction
of ease, but ultimately
that trigger to the tear ducts
after recalling the betrayal.
I already carry it with me every hour
in my subconscious, and there's
no real need to let it all
start scurrying around like mice
in my dollhouse creation of
born-again dreams; images on papers
sliced from magazines and pasted on the walls
of everything I want and all that I deserve.
 


   
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