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gazing into that pasty beyond
never again i said over and over
yet it draws me close
burning me with the sear of the bleakest expanse
can we stick together
i've heard it's cold
but you disobey me
and scamper away just out of reach
i want to imbed into myself an imprint
to last until the last fire simmers down
and that omnipresent chill
slinks back crawling through my mouth
wavering at the brink of my throat
before coasting deep inside me
to untold places
fingers long and slender can grasp
an idea or even just your arm
wait before you go
i must...please...beg of you
can it be soft forever and never congeal
into a hardened mass stagnant on the floor
am i destined to wish these things
until i spin in confused circles
frozen to the core