like a ton of bricks
jolie prather
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like a ton of tricks
turned in a single night
on a dirty roll of dimes
and a single sopping mattress
pressed between
four thin walls
and the memory
of what i used to be,
of how i once was
and what i'll soon be,
if and if
i'm really just
another queen bee
without her hive
and sixty thousand-plus reasons
to stay at home,
surrounded
and alone.
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