melissa violette aliz
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i watch bats eat the exoskeleton trivial planes of recognition of truth warped costumed in a gimp suit convincing adoration feverishly postured gnawing burrowed etched scratch until it bleeds you bite your own toenails you bite linear cracks in asphalt fault lines reverse faulting dipping fault reflection cracks fatigue cracks stifled renovation hyperkinetic lust bone spurs stifled taste of consequence flinching striking hanging walls propagated trust marzanna you are so easy to idolize purple flesh bound to a thrill of avoidance bathing in blood delusional divine choral vanishing entrapment fractured drenched in hostile blood disgusting intensity blood is everything distant hallucination drowning in stale dialect what is omission to a snake what is death to a god oblique extortion incalculable corrosion tender opportunities recoiled he drives a rusted chevy poised malice a mirage dilated fantastical vast landscape you believe the road is endless you convince yourself you dont know me you’re not like me it is never enough to leave im in handcuffs at the county jail im in hell michigan im in havenwyck hospital saccadic eyes forceps bleary dissonance posterior fossa lesions cerebellar ectopia afraid I dont remember you four stories is too high for frigid tendencies broken hearts changelings special everlasting twisted vessels trust the harlequin signs platinum blush breeding soil dirt is otherworldly heaven sent depths to sustain sublime tics a necromantic wish opulent blood will freeze cytoplasm boasts a fluid circus cytoplasm serenade nuclear winter nights never end i fondly reflect on my favorite past time envisioning myself leisurely pulling out my teeth there is a jewel wasp there is a roach on the window there is a dead goldfinch at my doorstep
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melissa violette aliz is an artist based in new york.