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Dead Flies

There are no dead flies

in the gas station lights

because we are the flies,

we are the miniscule bones, the blood,

the antennae, the eyes, and the writhering legs.

There is no split oil

sitting in pools

because we are the oil,

we are the asphalt, the pollution

the dark, eptimized rainbows of sheen

There are no bottles

shattered in the corner

because we are the bottles,

we are the glass, the alcohol,

the unwanted possessions and the broken dreams