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second-whiskey relief,
all the teeth pulled from my head.

your 10pm visit sustained
a fluid dream. release
dying but not-yet-dead breath—

and what’s next?
suppose mainlined
unchange in currents
relaxed, sense trust, chest
pain but briefly.

six years old, i asked my dad
why my heart hurt,

described near-emotional sense.
dx palpitations
but i wonder—

cavalier privilege of family;
you’re an extended hug; accumulate
an anemone grab of genius love.

communal nematocysts: rapt, youthful

realized & toxic,
gin & tonic;

how hope
liberates. today
is our day!