captain
of death
coughed
his way
into life
dad
coughing
to death
in cold
storage
claimed
him consuming
own breath
laying
down for decades
spittle
saliva
mucus
blood
breath
battering
breath
breath
after battering
breath
relapse
after
relapse
rats
eating out
on organs
being
betrayed
by blood
& breath
chasing
cure
sickness
chasing
you
faster
& faster
bending down
to bed
& pillow
absorbing blood
hacking
in home
put me
to sleep
death's
rain
decisive
gasp
lungs death
lilies
poverty
that did not
permit you
to breathe
gasping
for public
good
locked
in
sanitarium
staring
out
at us
your blood
for years
i thought
you were death
or its shadow
you were
too poor
to possess
silhouette
trees
in belair
barked back
when we walked
wayay
from wire window
your body
was your wilderness
father
i sensed
in stories
told to tape
reel to reel
real to real
phlegm
splashing sheets
sharing bed
with bacillus
no
surprise you
sought suicide's
submission
death rested
beside you
death
fresh
you
wasted
in wins
trees took up
to tell you
truth
you carved letters
on page
as i still
do dealing
with same
master
moving about body
an
anatomy
altered
but you remained
beautiful
as i do
even death couldn't
take this
that
whatever
it is
called now
when swimming
in soil
swimming
in
soil
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