like black velvet draped over obsidian glass.

feel your tongue tingling in the back of your mouth

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both

preparing for the tang

as well as the

aftertaste

it stings

it lingers

it threatens

it protects

the needle in the hay

bitter and sweet

complementing

synergetic

red

green

bright

blind

you don’t see the brake lights in front of you

you don’t hear the crows caw

screech

cry

turnaround/turnupsidedown

you cry

groan

moan

with bloodshot eyes you look down on yourself, clawing the scrub

blinding

lights

green

red

synergetic

complementing

tender and fierce

gently place the needle. slowly raise the volume. it crackles. and tinkles.

both,

composing the tang

as well as the

aftertaste

yeah sometimes i try to paint as well