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Slitery Slink
Slithery Slink
it always wants to play
but
no one can stay
F o r e v e r
humans will tire
move on
and the thing turns cold
wherever it is present
people toy with it
as an
e n d l e s s
game
watching it flip flop down a
s t a i r w e l l
like a fish caught on a boat
all the while making the chime
of chains
humans touch it
smelling dirt from age
reminding them
earth is beckoning
first evident to them
when they were children
and fell playing tag in the park
and the ground seemed
to want them it itself
people play
around the light or dark tunnel
stop
and are gone
i found a whole box of the silver maggots under my stairs
motionless
ready to be played with
they always want to play
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