Bogey Man
Sweet dreams then nebula,
now he will expose himself softly,
this swimming through of bodily fluids,
this sweet act of unprotection.
Sweet dreams, softly the bogey man will expose
his true self, removing his plimsolls and beige socks
to show off his webbed toes.
For as my mother has always warned me
the bogey man will expose his true self.
True the face of other men.
True the fingers of other lovers,
lingering, loligindae, loligo.
The fleshy evidence, the foreign body,
loligindae, loligo,
for as my mother has always warned me
of bifurcation and bivalve,
the tight spongy sashimi,
the orange roe safely, anything but safely,
the salty impetus, the fleshy evidence, the foreign body.
Softly the bogey man will expose my true self.
Sweet dreams then nebula
the dustballs and the darkness,
I hide under the bed to surprise him
and I surprise myself.
now he will expose himself softly,
this swimming through of bodily fluids,
this sweet act of unprotection.
Sweet dreams, softly the bogey man will expose
his true self, removing his plimsolls and beige socks
to show off his webbed toes.
For as my mother has always warned me
the bogey man will expose his true self.
True the face of other men.
True the fingers of other lovers,
lingering, loligindae, loligo.
The fleshy evidence, the foreign body,
loligindae, loligo,
for as my mother has always warned me
of bifurcation and bivalve,
the tight spongy sashimi,
the orange roe safely, anything but safely,
the salty impetus, the fleshy evidence, the foreign body.
Softly the bogey man will expose my true self.
Sweet dreams then nebula
the dustballs and the darkness,
I hide under the bed to surprise him
and I surprise myself.
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