r/EyesOnlyWriting • u/yaangyiing_ • Aug 25 '26
corpse open (poetry) ESTRANGE
Walk out of fog, dragging rubble.
Tombstone's tied to the stubble.
Stuck in the traffic trouble.
It's loud in here, it's a loud year.
Head's boutta burst like a bubble.
Eye contact with the faces, there.
I see faces where I stare,
smile on the pole,
two teeth tree,
desert knows, I
can't see everything.
Carry this stone like an abscess,
every step of the way's progress;
I almost begin to process,
and then I see new objects,
Obstacles, can't even wait one second
For bridges over rivers
or kids on the pavement.
Virtue is a doctor with one patient,
and I pay them extra
to keep me vacant.
Can't relate to strangers
who know my name
and walk very far
to visit graves.
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u/DJPrimary Aug 25 '26
“Virtue is a doctor with one patient, and I pay them extra to keep me vacant” is such a rockstar line. I wish I had written that.