The Urban Elf

Poke and peek
Peel me alive
Kill a joke
And choke me
Inside.
Kill a dream
Break a mirror
Snort a blizzard
Avoid the lizard
He’s got blood
In his eyes.
Kill and crawl
The glass won’t hurt
Break and brawl
The ball is over
The era ended
Slippers slide
Slide
Slide
Into surrender.

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Kisses lost in
Someone else’s memory
Inform the dream
That fades
In the face
Of this moment’s tedium
Trials are lost
Found and discarded
In the evidence
Of this
Most
Lazily
Executed
Decline.