My wanting makes me 

                                   

                                                Sick

I line up my desires like tiny plastic figures

Bang! Bang! Bang! 

I knock them down one by one 

Who the fuck am I 

                               To want? 

Life is giving before it is taking 

I don’t know what else to give 

 

                                Take it! 

Take it all

Make the wanting stop 

Let me exist as nothing 

Wanting is tiring 

                           Boring 

Hand it to someone who will use it well

Because I shan’t 

Each time I have offered my desire to another

They have bled it dry

Thrust it back into my palms with a 

                                   Sorry

I don’t need more sorrys 

Useless things

Who ever built a life out of sorrys? 


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