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My babies

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"Reduction of Souls"

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I reside in a

saturated simmer.

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Boiled down to the point

where my sides are sticky.

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A crystal lid shrouds my cries,

the hard parts of being

float numb and gummy.

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I've forgotten life

outside of this

tar pit nightmare

and rest in my viscous coffin.

What was it to breathe,

what vision was before

all I dreamed of would melt away

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Embrace what you have,

what you know,

what you love.

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Life is nothing

but the slow reduction

of souls.

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DLMC 12/13/2024

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"Phantom's Insanity"

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The hallway is hollow

in more ways than one.

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Cold to the bone,

skin has left the skull,

suspended in the dry air,

waiting for someone to

caress the existence

of this haunted carapace

of a home.

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There in the corner was where

I'd fallen.

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Fallen not physically,

and neither from grace.

Such a thing was never explained

to my malnourished soul.

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It was where I'd fallen further

into beautiful madness.

Engrossed by the silvery goddess

we've all called the moon,

daylight would be a burden,

doing anything other than waiting for her,

nothing but chores to go unrewarded.

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Night would soothe my warped mind,

but when my body failed,

my spirit would not arise,

but instead cling to the window pane

from which my eyes admired her.

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She comes and

she goes.

She hides and

she shines.

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I am left here,

breathing down the necks

of intruding vagrants,

fools under the impression

that my cries of affection

pierces the veil for them.

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Phantoms, even those

clinically insane,

also seek peace.

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DLMC 1/25/2025

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"Symphony of Surtr"

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I watched before my eyes

the earth turned to ash.

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Trees screamed my name,

seas shed their last tears.

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Mountains of stone

fallen soft into hollow abyss.

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Fate, a black cauldron of which

under eternal doom burns it red.

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Where were the gods

with all the devils ever present.

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I closed my eyes and cried,

tasted the end of everything.

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My precious moon was

cracked with silver stardust bleeding.

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Even the sun dried out,

died and garnished midgards sorrow.

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DLMC 12/9/2024 more or less about Ragnarok. Inspired by the song "Ocean Planet" by Gojira. I took the photo on 8/30/2023 when we saw them with Mastodon in Bonner Springs Kansas. Hell of a good time.

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"Lack of Significance"

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Slip out of those clothes and

fall into oblivion.

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Speck of dust clutching

with the world's loosest grip

to the clean glass of new spectacles.

I give but a gently blown kiss

to you so I can trace your demise.

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Who did you think you were

performing for?

What did you imagine

was resting in the forefront

of my mind, my ambition,

my purpose?

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Like many others,

like those weak and

insignificant,

your dreams were only

as tangible as your own

dying breath.

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Lost between the fingertips

which never reached for it.

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Accept the fact that

your great fall

met the apex of its descent.

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The bell has tolled.

No one thinks of you.

Not a tear has been shed.

You are forgotten.

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DLMC 12/01/2024

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"Nocturnal Intoxication"

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Slip away and

Back to me.

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Rooftop bar won't contain

either of us anyway.

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Midnight struck,

and I'm drunk and hooked

on you.

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Dark hair,

dark eyes

and a past I don't care about.

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But to kiss you,

in your worn out denim

under a tired moon

in a broken city

that won't fix itself anytime soon

Is just too damn romantic

to defy reality.

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Will you love me,

will you acknowledge

the flavor of our affection,

or will you be but

another creaky-leaky

pipe dream in this

Lonely plumbers heart?.

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Moon, may you shine on our work,

lunar love story where

morning is the only thing that

never comes.

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I don't want to have

kissed you but once.

Your taste is eternal,

You are the rouge to

Have polished my deadly tooth.

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Make forever mean something with me.

Love me until dawn finally frees us both.

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DLMC 11/17/2024

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Halloween 2024

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Trooper & Talon

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"Revenant"

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I've jammed the needle

far past the vein.

I taste toxins my lips have

never touched.

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I've left home to better understand

why I'm wrong,

why I'm flawed,

why I'm still here.

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I've bathed in waters soft and hard,

basked in sunlight

that spoke in an unfamiliar tongue.

Still my hair has split and fallen,

skin has paled and peeled away.

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The clouds have picked up speed

in their conquest of the heavens.

My pneumatic mind vibrates,

rattles the viscous dreams from my eyes.

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Here I am back home,

with nothing to show for my travels

save for some sepia memories

which blend in with all else I've forgotten

like bits of wildfire ash

caressing twenty year old asphalt,

once smooth and black, now

cracked and sad.

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No longer is there comfort

in closing my eyes.

No more does sleep bring revenue

to my soul.

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DLMC 8/10/2024 inspired by the song "Ocean Planet" by Gojira

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"A Man Can Dream"

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Jetliners nose dive

one after another.

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Canons emerge from

the oceans surface.

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Artillery rounds

are launched in my direction.

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Everyone is faceless,

friend and foe alike.

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The sky bleeds,

the clouds are blackened.

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I'm in fatigues again

and I'm naked thereafter.

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I'm afraid.

I'm always afraid.

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I die every time

I close my eyes.

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DLMC 8/9/2024

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Chicago 8/6-7/2024 one of the nicest and largest cities I've ever been to. First time ever having Chicago deep dish and I'll just say I have a reason to come back!

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Hello folks, been awhile. Writing has slowed because life has sped up, and has had me very involved with well, many things outside of my writing life, and my Tumblr presence for that matter.

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I originally had planned to have this book out last year before Xmas, but that didn't happen. I tried to make it happen in the beginning of the year via Amazon kdp but that fizzled as well, as whoever prints for them didn't do a great job and I couldn't get the issues fixed. Their support is non-existent.

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Finally, through Barnes & Noble, I've self published this little book. I'm happy with it and I'm happy to share it. If you decide to indulge, you not only have my genuine thanks, but my wish for you to really enjoy it.

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https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/metal-memoirs-david-candito/1146045520

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Happy midsommar

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Just a Midwestern man and his Brazilian boy. Juninho Trooper Candito!

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Great writer producing a great poem

Come, be my swimmer

we’ll recline

identities slipping from lanyards

skin scalding on concrete poolside retreats

You a salvation, still thirsty

like an upturn t-

ea

Baptism never as sweet as the way your legs

lock in the aqua blue

Hours eating hours

while the sun devours the shadows

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These are my two out of three of the things I love most in my life. When they leave me, so will an enormous part of my heart. Trooper & Talon.

Trooper is my boy, named after Clone/Stormtroopers from Star Wars lore. He found us in Rio De Janeiro Brazil in January 2023 when he jumped out of a bush at me. I carried him home and he's been with us ever since. Flying internationally with a cat is something I don't plan to ever do again.

Talon is our sweet little girl, named after Darth Talon, another Star Wars character relatively unknown. She is the sweetest creature as well as the nuttiest cat I've ever owned. She's so lovely, friendly, playful and needy and well, kind of chonky. She found us in a cat cafe in Kansas City, KS.

They are each other's opposite in every way. They live beautifully together and complete each other.

They complete us.

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"Talon"

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Spontaneous little sister,

purrfect pal to your chill

little mister.

Boyfriend, brother,

it's one or the other,

whatever the case,

we're all glad we didn't miss ya.

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Jet black and

noodly in the arms,

silky and smooth with

Precious chonky charms.

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Never thought I'd say,

never thought there'd be another day

that I'd fall in love again,

and it's happened, yes,

in the very best way.

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Wide-eyed little friend,

not everything is a toy...

But I digress, I don't mind,

for you give me so much joy.

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DLMC 5/31/2024 my cat Talon, named after Darth Talon from the Star Wars universe.