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Jimbo’s Wish


by Kyle Hemmings


growing up 

fumbling for excuses 
your fingers, clumsy little
pads of flesh you don't 
recognize 
a scatter plot of acne
that won't erase 
by mirror

why this scene doesn't work

kissing the detachable lips
 of bobby-soxed method
girls
who keep feeding 
you 
non sequitur lines
from Chesterfield commercials,
why filterless is so good for you

 how your heart is a pier
for survivors 
of over-the-counter narratives
placebo plots
pouring sugar 
in the old wound
of a veteran 

&

all you think about
every every every day
are girls & suicide

James Dean (did)(did not) write this
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