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“The pain, or the memory of pain, that here was literally sucked away by something nameless until only a void was left.”
2666, Roberto Belano
i didn’t tell you a lie
he said
i never told you a lie
but all she could think was
he didn’t say
i didn’t lie
he didn’t say
i never lied
•
she felt herself slip
into a semantic fever dream
and she couldn’t remember
him looking her in the eyes
•
where are the tarot cards
she asked
we burned them
he said
we burned them
she asked
we tore them up
he added
and then we burned them
•
she felt a sudden pang of remorse
tarot cards
she realized
were a lie
she could live with
•
don’t let go in oktober
she thought she heard him say
don’t let go in oktober
she repeated
don’t let go
—P.L. Thomas
