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Old Ugly Trees - Water That Erodes The Will

It tastes like iron Like corroded promises Like rusted speech swallowed whole LIke liquid regret And we call it survival Because we have no language left The doctors say it’s safe “Within acceptable limits” But the limit changes every day I swallowed bitterness Until bitterness became familiar Until thirst replaced hope Until hydration felt like surrender The pipes murmur underground Carrying memory from house to house Whispering through the filtration system: Clean enough to live, Dirty enough to decay. Wells collapsed Taps wheezed air Rain turned acidic Yet we filled our glasses Pretending to live We wash our faces And the stains remain We drank ourselves empty And called it life