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Rules of Disappearing

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1.
Abandon love.
It is hollow and dreamless,
stiffling in its backwood's estate
of fake flowers and floaty feelings.

2.
Forget reality.
It is but with an imagination
that kingdoms ever rose, and
the lack of their sustainability
(the acceptance of what is 'real')
is what ultimately is their downfall.

3.
Find yourself.
Then toss you away.
Find yourself again.
Starve it down to the bones
of your soul.
Repeat.
Rinse thoroughly.
Hang dry.
Repeat the process until you are complete.

4.
Do not sleep.
The mysteries of the night
provide more knowledge for the day,
that you will forever be missing
if you get a full eight hours.

5.
Drink coffee.
Smoke a cigarette.
Smoke some weed.
Read the newspaper,
but don't believe it.
Watch television.
Forget the anchor's name,
they're just a mouthpiece.
Forget the stories,
they're just covers for
a bed mate of nails and knives.
And a well placed machine gun.

6.
Listen to the voice in your head.
It knows more than you do.

7.
Hit the road.
Cracked pavement littered with
chewing gum, beer bottles, used condoms.
Lives. See each broken line?
That was a being lost
to the Great Highway.

8.
Hollywood.
That's your real fucking fortune teller.

9.
I pull off a mask and I, pull off a mask and
I, pull off a mask and I, pull off a mask and I,
pull off a mask and I, pull off a mask and
I, forget who I am.
What stage am I on?
Thoughts?
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gear-bound-deamon's avatar
You have a gift. I can see this flows so well. I can see this on a coffee shop napkin, taped to a page of a notebook, all with thick corrections, all with words flowing over the edges. Even a stanza written in shorthand on an arm one night in blue, smudging ballpoint pen.
I love your work.