Accubitus (noun)
is the state of lying next to another in bed without touching / according to an 1817 medical dictionary / the word sounds like a Saxon virus or cabbalistic chant / Tonight in a quiet house / nine years of marriage / it sounds like us /Accubitus in a four-poster bed / headboard A/ two Cs asleep / U shaped sheet tucked / thick B quilt covering / pillows stacked I high / arms stretched a perfect T / & the lexicon pages flipped to the failure of US
Vampire Express
You turn around
Walk away from your car
Go back up the stairs
To your lover's apartment
& Tell him you need the scissors
The sharpest pair
To cut from your future
The terrible mistakes
You are going to make
& Cut from the night
What’s coming for your throat.
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