there will be no sleep for me underneath that willow tree, in the southern breeze, i won't be counting stars. oh, no. i wake up in the street. my pants around my knees and my undershirt pulled over top my head. oh, no. oh, no. this constant bickering between myself and me over what to do about these phantom pains. oh, no. i feel my lungs collapse and i suddenly relapse back to scummy thoughts and worse than that, my heart is skipping beats. throw up my guts on the bathroom floor. bang my head on the back of the door and watch my life makes it's way down the drain. will they ever stop, these stupid phantom pains? my ghosts, they follow me in every dark city and make things that shouldn't hurt begin to hurt. they hurt. those ugly eyes i see throwing nickels at my feet and i chase them down but they were never there. oh, no. throw up my guts on the bathroom floor. bang my head on the back of the door and watch my life makes it's way down the drain. will they ever stop, these phantom pains?
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