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NELLY

They drive you home

They unlock the door

They refer to people by first and last name

They press you for what you will give them

Give into them

They remove shoes

They walk with an umbrella but you are all wet

They are always reading

They strike matches

Pick up the rock if you have power

You do not have power

Kidnapped by narration

They are all in hell together

They wait at the mall gates

They will squeeze so hard until cancer rolls around and throws up everywhere

The needles go into a special glass

that will go into a special carton at the end of the day

Picked up by the ones who work there

When galloping with horses you are horses

They wear ribbed and satin ribbon

They forgot about cruelty and fell in love with the house

They slip into flannel 

They will not bend

You thought you were free that you weren’t one of them

They slip into robes so cold they are blue

They said what about posture 

4 thoughts on “NELLY

  1. Brutal and sustaining well done you.

  2. Shiver!!! The menace.

    ” rolls around and throws up everywhere”

    💯

  3. & I was hoping to place a band-aid just below the eye.

  4. “When galloping with horses you are horses” that we could all be horses so easily

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