Everything Is Going According to Plan

Only your first tattoo has to mean something
Then you can get something dumb to fill the rest in
It’s only skin
I was up all night, the tinnitus of anxiety rings shrilly
Phone cord coiled around my finger
And who has a phone cord anymore?
That’s how I knew it was a dream
There are some turns of phrase I just viscerally hate
Like: tears don’t roll down faces
They slide like slugs, ugly
Flood the shallows
Leaving a wasteland in their wake
Everything is going according to plan
Take it from me
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