Pretext from Threnodies by Icholas Yurgh

Surfeit sex and intolerance
Inordinate dissatisfaction
An alien to normalcy’s
participants perspiring
Sweaty and connectionless

Lascivious images
Of lesbians jumping fences
Has-beens have been banging
Their ugly faces against pavement
Bloodied disconnections

Ambling at the airport, an incident erupts
Swallowed by the iris of a one-eyed passer-by

Extenuating circumstances
Circumcised without permission
From the onset stolen decisions
Drowse on the couch and just forget
All agency forfeit

This pretext is colored by
Pretended foolishness
Self-debased while in the basement
When the earth quakes
drowse again or drown yourself in guilt

The filth will consume my soul soon

The bearer of bad news
Bestowed as my muse
Always so short-fused
But hoping to be used

Usually you’re plunging into a deeply disturbed state
But lately you’re worrying me by denying that you're dying rapidly

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