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addicts lie

"boop boop beep beep boop bup bip beep" go the alerts and synaptic responses

too fast to process, too repetitive to want to

"spit that out, it's toxic" I warned

as he slurped up drama in great mouthfulls, as if she were kool-aid

he would slice open a vein and welcome drama directly if she asked him to

surreptitious texting continues beneath the table

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To someone who somehow knows

Preamble: just a little ditty I threw together for napowrimo day 4, prompt word “radar” from @avolitorial on Instagram. Please read nothing into it - it is not at all based on reality. Honest guv'nor. 

 

“Hey! How’s things? Are you okay?”

Why did this come from YOU?

 

Why was I on YOUR radar, when

those closer never knew?

 

What psychic powers do you own?

What signals d...

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The messages

What words have passed

What said

What read

What meaning cast?

 

What recall flows

What thought

What tort

What grievance shows?

 

What edge is crossed

What line

What sign

What friendship lost?

 

What nightmare grown

What meme

What seam

What darkness sown?

 

What text is read

What hyped

What typed

What despair fed?

 

What lov...

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Z

Z, is it merely a typo for X,

a phone pushed too hard

or misplaced fingers on qwerty keyboard?

Or does Z mean sleep tight?

Alas I can never sleep as tight

as when I finally hold you in my arms

and wake to sunshine even in a perilous Pennine Autumn.

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