Hello, You.Rumi’s You.Upturned Redwood, veins climbing the sky, You.First punch landed at Stonewall,Bleached reef, powder nose, drip-drip-alive,Nightmare waking and post-sleepfuck-stares, You.Bought You,Sold You;traded, stolen, kept, killed,Liberada por la Santa Muerte, envuelta en oro,Orando por la muerte de mi enemigo, You.Keep-Safe, suffer the children, first flame at Waco,last flicker in the Chancellery Underground.Beast, You. Burden, You.Cardinal’s slipstream, cello hum,snow on the Joshua Tree,Desert Father, Appalachian granny witchcraft,Torturous Mother oh-so-holy, You.Robben Island dawnbreak,Thay’s last breath, You.King’s You, Duke’s You,X’s You, Q’s You,It’s all You.I hate You, You.“I miss you,” You,“Do you miss me?”, You.
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